In our everyday life, we continually verbally and non-verbally interact with those in our surroundings both in our personal and professional lives. We do this by means of encoding and decoding ...

Communication skills are among the most important and needed in every job, regardless of the level of the position. Most people concentrate on speaking and writing but give very little emphasis to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Did you know that active listening is considered a top ...

Years ago, as a young college student trying to learn the ropes and figure out my path in life, I found myself in the office of an older, very sage professor, seeking advice. I was contemplating ...

Team building promotes problem solving, efficiency and reliability. Listening is a critical communication skill and involves much more than the act of just hearing what someone says. Team members who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brush up on your listening skills with these phrases to help others feel heard. We talked to experts on the best active listening ...

We’ve all been there. You’re speaking to someone and even though you know they’re hearing you, you get the sense they’re not really listening. As frustrating as that can be, most us would probably ...

C-suite leaders don't always know what's going on at the lower level of the organization. This is how they change that reality. New leaders fail if they don’t listen to their teams. Here’s a ...

You’ve probably become overly familiar with the term “active listening” by now. I know this because as an entrepreneur I’m on top of the latest business trends, and it’s a trait always popping up in ...

Whether we're sitting in a meeting, hearing our partner tell us about their day, or catching up on our favorite podcast, we may think of listening as a passive activity. In these scenarios, the person ...