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December 16, 2009 LISTENING LEADER LAZER LESSONS WHERE DID THE LISTENING GO? Are Psychiatrists Taught How to Listen? In a recent article in ‘Psychology Today’, Shirah Vollmer, MD, a practicing psychiatrist is challenging colleagues on the importance of listening in the field. “Listening is a complicated skill which takes a lifetime to hone. Psychiatrists who work on this skill offer their patients relief for various reasons. First, when a patient is heard then he/she can take themselves seriously and in so doing, can begin to value their own experience. Second, by modeling after the psychiatrist, the patient learns to listen to himself/herself and thereby enters on the first step towards introspection. Third, listening provides a basis for prescribing medication. When this listening has been done in a thoughtful and comprehensive way, then the doctor can give careful consideration to decide whether psychopharmacology is worth the trial and error process. Further, when the patient feels heard, then he/she is more likely to take the prescription seriously and give measured thought to whether the medication is helping or hindering his/her mental state. In follow-up, this thoughtful physician-patient dyad can struggle together to determine the risk/benefit ratio of medication management. Without the first step of active listening, then the follow-through becomes half-baked.” LISTENING LEADER LAZER LESSON: It is refreshing to read about how one psychiatrist positions the importance of listening as a critical competency for what a psychiatrist can do and how they can be trained to do it. LISTENING LEADER TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU. Subscribe to Dr. Rick's e-newsletter LEADERSHIP SEEDS by sending an email to RKB@ListeningLeaders.com The leadership seeds content takes 90 seconds to read and a lifetime to master. Order the Listening Leaders Book Take the Listening Leadership Behavior Inventory (LLBI). Order the complete Listening Leader Workshop-in-a-Box FOR DETAILS, PLEASE CLICK ON: www.ListeningLeaders.com If you would like a to use a template, but don't fancy our basic selection, we can create one for you. Call or email us to learn more. 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 ORDER YOUR COPY at www.ListeningLeaders.com or www.amazon.com Listening Leaders is a weekly e-mail newsletter for people who understand the value of Listening Leadership in their life. It is brought to you by the INTERNATIONAL LISTENING LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE We welcome your comments, suggestions and questions. Please e-mail: ClientServices@ListeningLeaders.com. Also, please visit our website: www.ListeningLeaders.com Join our Golden Circle of Listening Leaders who are spreading Listening Leadership attitude, skills and knowledge worldwide! Forward your copy to anyone you believe will benefit from reading The Listening Leaders! COPYRIGHT AND REPRINTS Reprint permission is granted when the following credit appears: "© International Listening Leadership Institute. Reprinted with permission from ‘“The Listening Leaders Newsletter,' a weekly Internet newsletter”. For your own personal subscription, go to www.ListeningLeaders.com" PRIVACY STATEMENT Your e-mail address is absolutely confidential. We will NEVER give, sell or share your address with anyone. Subscribe Cancel Update Dr. Lyman K. (Manny) Steil 25 Robb Farm Road St. Paul, MN 55127 651-483-3597 LKS@ListeningLeaders.com Dr. Richard K. (Rick) Bommelje 8530 Amber Oak Dr Orlando, FL 32817 407-679-7280 RKB@ListeningLeaders.com © 2007 by International Listening Leadership Institute. All rights reserved

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