• Power Listening

  • Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All
  • By: Bernard T Ferrari
  • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (88 ratings)

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Power Listening

By: Bernard T Ferrari
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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Publisher's summary

Listening is harder than it looks - but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help you become an active listener, able to shape and focus any conversation.

Ferrari reveals how to turn a tin ear into a platinum ear. His practical insights include: Good listening is hard work, not a passive activity. Good listening means asking questions, challenging all assumptions, and understanding the context of every interaction. Good listening results in a new clarity of focus, greater efficiency, and an increased likelihood of making better decisions. Good listening can be the difference between a long career and a short one.

©2012 Bernard T. Ferrari (P)2012 Gildan Media, LLC

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Good Stuff!

This book presents clearly the key steps on how effective listening techniques delivers tangible outcomes for organizations.

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A great book in order to advance your career that you do

This books has so many way in order to improve your listening. It is wise to take notes while listening because you could miss out on some important info that you could start to apply soon as possible.
Love how he goes into detail in breaking down the steps and breaking the book into sections that way you have an idea of what the chapters are going to be about.
Listening is key to help you with just about anything so that way you can improve relationships with people so they know that you are listening and paying attention to them.

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Long story, a few tips

The reader is ok but still would prefer lower radio ad like voice. Book is Too long when taking into account how many useful facts and tips provided

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A Must Read For Any Influencer

What did you love best about Power Listening?

The ability to listen well and effectively is a consistent focus for any person of influence within any social and professional platforms. Active and engaged listening sparks responsive action and change that often time leads to increase metrics, and profits. The tips and the directives of power listening are easy to implement and good topics to share during team training and meetings.

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Better listening made easy

Would you listen to Power Listening again? Why?

Yes, already listened to it 3 times

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The narration is really good, the pace and tone of the reader really makes the important aspects of the book come to life.

What does Sean Pratt bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Pause, and emphasis

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The introduction letter is phenomenal, it just gets better from there!!

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Mastery of the obvious

No real methods learned. Was hoping for ways of truly improving listening techniques. Maybe good for younger folk. :-(

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