The power of strategic listening / Laurie Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Laurie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in organizations.

Listening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Summary:

Listening is critical in today's organizations. As recent examples in the #MeToo era and numerous organizational failures and scandals illustrate, the consequences of poor listening in organizations can be significant, and in some cases, catastrophic. Listening is commonly described in terms of ethics, overlooking its strategic value. The book guides leaders and decision-makers to question the listening habits, practices, and infrastructure within their organizations. The author lays out an argument for the benefits and challenges of strategic listening. She also develops a method for internal analysis of listening capabilities and practices, and provides a framework for building and maintaining a more robust listening culture, infrastructure, and set of practices. In order to improve organizational listening, the author argues that we need to do more than improve personal listening skills, we need to design organizations to listen.

Contents:

Introduction : the power of strategic listening and the risks of listening failure

Strategic listening in organizations

Obstructions to listening

Important contexts for listening in organizations

Technology and listening

Dark side of organizational listening

Appraisal of strategic organizational listening

Building and maintaining strategic listening.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5381-2132-8