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November 19, 2008

LISTENING LEADER LAZER LESSONS

FOCUS: IDENTIFY & CONTROL DISTRACTIONS

Workplace expert Gloria Mark has discovered the average worker switches tasks every three minutes, and, once distracted, takes nearly a half-hour to resume the original task. We take our distractions home, too, spending time with our family, only to think about everything that happened at work today and what's about to happen tomorrow.

The remedy is to identify and control distractions. A typical office worker turns to e-mail more than 50 times a day and uses instant-messaging 77 times, according to Seattle-based computer-productivity consultant RescueTime. The most common suggestion idea is to pull the plug on electronic devices.

In her book, "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age," author Maggie Jackson writes, "If we jump on every e-mail message or ping, we'll have trouble pursuing our long-term goals. To make inroads on the deep, messy work of life, we need to stay focused."

LISTENING LEADER LAZER LESSON: Being consistently focused is a choice…so is being overwhelmed. Which do you choose?

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LISTENING LEADERS: THE TEN GOLDEN RULES
TO LISTEN, LEAD & SUCCEED

By Dr. Lyman K. Steil
& Dr. Richard K. Bommelje


Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press
(ISBN 1-59298-073-2)

A pioneering book that directly connects listening with leadership.Based on more than 50 collective years of work with listening leaders throughout the world, Dr. Steil and Dr. Bommelje have created 10 practical, proven, and priceless rules to enhance everyone's listening and leadership success. Although outstanding leaders are outstanding listeners, most leaders have neglected the development of their listening attitudes, skills and knowledge.

“This is the most significant book ever written on listening and leadership and will profit leaders at all levels in all types of organizations and enterprises.” Dr. Ralph Nichols, Father of the Field of Listening

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