# listening
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4:33Listening someone into existence: the core techniqueAl Elliott: We're going to go into your methodology in a second, but there is a 3-word phrase, sorry, 4-word phrase that I've heard you use quite a lot, and that is feel someone into existence. Talk us through what that EP 333 · 3 Sept 2026·interview· 4:33–8:5628:58What listening really looks like in a crisisLeanne Elliott: What does listening look like in a crisis? You've mentioned a couple of times about involving people in that consultation. How do you do that in a way that isn't overwhelming as a leader when people are kEP 315 · 2 Jul 2026·interview· 28:58–35:1729:38The 4 levels of listeningLeanne Elliott: One of the most powerful training programmes I ever did, and Al did too, is when we both used to volunteer for the Samaritans. That's how we met, actually. And listening was such a big part of it. And theEP 307 · 4 Jun 2026·interview· 29:38–35:2123:53Getting yourself out of the wayAl Elliott: I have a sense that a lot of great leaders are great listeners. Is that something which you've come across in your career? Martha Lawrence: Absolutely. If you don't listen, you don't learn. It really depends EP 291 · 9 Apr 2026·interview· 23:53–47:2429:27Why listening is so hard (even for the experts)Al Elliott: There's the part that you say about people, about setting aside time to actually listen to people, but then there's also the part which I think a lot of people find difficult, which is setting aside within thEP 235 · 25 Sept 2025·interview· 29:27–32:0517:57What feminine intelligence looks like in practiceElina Teboul: The, one of the first things is listening. So listening again is about receptiveness. It's about curiosity. It's about compassion. It's really trying to understand what's going on for the other person. WhatEP 197 · 15 May 2025·interview· 17:57–23:0720:31Talk less, listen moreTodd Davis: And again, this book was written from the Chief People Officer's view on those people who used principles from The 7 Habits and some of our other content and became and are so masterful at their relationshipsEP 96 · 9 May 2024·interview· 20:31–22:5923:39The Importance of Listening in ManagementAl Elliott: Seamless, seamless. Tell us about your latest episode, Phil Al Elliott: And we talk about the behavioural science behind fandom and how that encourages people to enjoy the music and all of that good stuff, anEP 85 · 28 Mar 2024·interview· 23:39–33:1211:57What volunteering taught us about listeningAl Elliott: Yeah, and I think the other things we learned from there was how to listen. You probably know that most people don't listen. They just wait for their turn to speak. Um, and to really listen to someone, to reaEP 60 · 12 Oct 2023·other· 11:57–13:1135:01Listening to customers — and acting on itAl Elliott: I don't think so Leanne Elliott: I don't think so either Al Elliott: I think we work blooming hard. Um, there's a, you know, I, I do, uh, which is not very well-being. You know, this last weekend I worked 16 EP 33 · 5 Apr 2023·other· 35:01–36:0728:49The 'magic minute' listening techniqueAl Elliott: I think you said one of the best things that you, I mean, you already are a fantastic listener, but you said some of the feedback from yourself and some of the other people on the course you were doing with SEP 29 · 8 Mar 2023·panel interview· 28:49–31:4146:55Tip 1 — Learn how to listenLeanne Elliott: If I understand what Sophie is saying, and in terms of, of empathy, and empathy being a leadership, um, superpower that we need in this new era. I guess it seems to follow for me that if we're removing thEP 25 · 8 Feb 2023·interview· 46:55–52:20
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