We spend at least 80 percent of our time in communication situations listening, and only 20 percent of the time speak- mg. Effective listening is a learned technique, a critical component in the communication process, and a career and personally enhancing dynamic. It also examines the impact of listening filters such as voices, personal biases, gender and culture. Successful organizational leaders know how to tap people's capacity to learn. They develop a vision for transforming the way people work, learn and interact and understand how patterns developed in one context can be adapted in others.
Course explores techniques which expand an organization's capacity to create the future.
It examines adult learning styles, behavior and the drive for success, and explores the impact of decisions that affect career, family and financial security. Presents a variety of frameworks for maximizing personal and professional growth. Readings include Organizing Genius, Bennis and Biederman, Seasons of a Man's Life and a Woman's Life, Levinson, A Hope in the Unseen, Suskind, Work and Family, Shellenbarger. Today's high profile performers grab attention, headlines and market-place rewards. Changing models of leadership and authority in American culture have crafted new paradigms of high profile performers.