Our Community Listens - May 6th to 8th

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In a world where differences often divide us, this course teaches the critical skill of listening—a tool that fosters unity through our shared humanity, fuels genuine connections, and is essential for achieving positive outcomes in confrontations. In a society where we are taught to debate and talk, this course answers the question: when do we truly learn to listen and connect?

• Improve your ability to listen attentively and understand others to foster better relationships at home and work Understand your unique communication profile
• Learn about core behavioral tendencies
• Discover how to flex your communication for the comfort of others
• Appreciate the diverse contributions others bring to our lives and leadership
• Express yourself more clearly and effectively
• Resolve conflicts peacefully and productively
• Lead more effectively and inspire others
• Improve your self-awareness

Info: After completing the Communication Profile session, participants will be able to:
• Describe their behavioral tendencies to others
• Distinguish the behavioral tendencies in others
• Identify strategies to improve communication with different behavior types
• Recognize style flexing as a means to improve communication

Info: After completing the Communication Cycle module, participants will be able to:
• Build rich relationships with their presence and voice
• Recite the course motto
• Apply the Communication Cycle into their routine communications with others

Info: After completing the Nonverbal Communication module, participants will be able to:
• Consider the impact their nonverbal communication has on others
• Enhance their communication by leveraging their nonverbal communication skills with others
• Adopt the “I Am the Message!” motto in their life and leadership

Info: After completing the Reflective Listening module, participants will
be able to:
• Explain the importance listening plays in all of life
• Respond to others using the five reflective listening skills
• Embrace the four commitments (time, heart, listening, motive) that underpin the practice of reflective listening

Info: After completing the Effective Confrontation module, participants will be able to:
• Integrate course skills into their confrontations
• Consider the impact of misusing power
• Respect the change process when asking others or the organization to change
• Confront using the “open hands” approach
• Deliver recognition messages to others

Host or Publisher The Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities