Listening is at the heart of every success that you, your team, and your organization will accomplish. The main point is . . . Listening Pays!

Rick Bommelje

The true leader in a group is rarely the person who talks the most. It's usually the person who listens best. Listening is more than hearing what's said. It's noticing and surfacing what isn't said.

Adam Grant

Listening can be difficult for new managers who feel as if they have something to prove or they are supposed to have all the answers. I encourage new managers to listen with the intent of understanding and being influenced by the other person.

Ken Blanchard

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.

Sue Patton Thoele

The only difference between us and the super-successful among us — the near-great and the great — is that the great ones [listen] all the time.

Marshall Goldsmith

When times are difficult, the art, the discipline of effective communication, becomes even more essential, and listening is the key for leaders.
who would be heard.

Frances Hesselbein

Leaders don’t know it all. The best leaders listen and learn from others.

Mary Barra