Effective Listening Quotes - Page 2

• In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch-that is, who should be listened to and when.

  Max De Pree

  Listening To Others, Leader, Culture

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.

  Sam Walton

  Ideas, Innovation, Clerks

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• Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.

  Tom Peters

  Hard Work, Achievement, Listening

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• As soon as effective listening takes place, the ear identifies what needs to be done and guides the techniques search for a solution

  Howard Snell

  Technique, Needs, Done

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