If you want to improve your relationship at work place the first improve your listening skills by a non-judgemental way and listen what others have to say. As the more you will be non-judgemental the speaker will say about the fact or the state of their mind. If you be less judgemental on listening any situation you are giving more freedom to the speaker to find the solutions of their problem by themselves only. Actually listening is always create a feeling of respect, it create a good connection and goodwill in personal and professional relationships.
To make yourself good at listening skills you must have to practice to be non-judgemental and need to follow certain paradigm of active listening skills.
Active Listening Skills
Attitude: Attitude is a feeling of emotion to be respectful others towards what others is saying about the fact of any state. If your attitude is farm by enough caring to show the calm listening skills it can steal the mind of the speaker and you can make a good connection with the person whom you are talking with.
Attention: Paying attention to others while speaking is another part of active listening skills. We should pay attention to the speaker in front of you, as we all love to be noticed by others and feel an importance. To make someone feel important in any conversation not only makes a productive conversation also it helps you to groove the conversation in to your favour whatever may be the situation.
Building Trust: Listening builds trust with employees, as by giving employees face to face opportunities to speak up on matters that impact them. Trust only can build if you show that their feedback is important, and if trust built you the work can be done smoothly.
Productivity: At work place we all are there to perform well and to work for the companies’ profitability. Profitability only comes with good productivity. Now if in a communication, listening take the back seat and no one is ready to listen each other than ultimately only work get hamper and productivity loss, which ultimately profitability loss for the company.
Resolves Conflicts: Conflicts consequences are very common at work place, if you wish to avoid conflict, then talk directly. Now, talking directly in aggressively doesn’t solve the issues. So uplift your listening skills to avoid any conflicts at your work place. If you listen properly to others the probability of heated conversation, using abusive words, or threat of physical violence may reduce.
Strong Work Relationship: If you are a good listener, you behaviour can create lasting impression to others, so you could be remember by others for a long and you can carry a strong relationship at workplace.
Self-Empowerment: Active listening skills can improve your inner mind, make you feel confident enough to deal with any situations. It can help you to become a better student, help you to become more effective in your interpersonal relationships. An effective listening can lead others to the perception as you are more intelligent. It can also help you to become a good public speaker.
So, improve your listening skills to improve your relationship at workplace, as it is an important aspect of interpersonal relationships. When someone feels listened to they feel loved and understood. Their feeling are validated and they are often able to gain a deeper understanding of who they are and thus it ends with a greater comfort at workplace.
Sanjeev jain
Excellent Words regards define of Listening part importance…
madhumita
Thank you so much!