The #1 Tool I Use to Build Authentic Connection

🎯 What’s Included

• Skill Spotlight: The 4 steps of active listening

• Try This: Bringing active listening into your life

• From the Community: A²: Authentic Austin community updates!

• Resource Corner: 2 excellent resources on active listening

• Join us IRL: A²’s Leaders Unplugged Meetup is on August 28, where we'll practice unplugging, resetting, and connecting. It's a great opportunity to hone your active listening skills and make authentic connections! 💖

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💡 Skill Spotlight

The components of active listening are:

1. Giving the speaker your full presence

2. Using non-verbal cues to show engagement (e.g., eye contact)

3. Repeating what you’ve heard to ensure understanding

4. Withholding any “solutioning” (e.g., judgment or advice) unless requested

By practicing active listening, we create a safe space for authentic communication and foster deeper connections.

🏃🏾‍♂️Try This

This upcoming week, pick a few conversations where you can practice Active Listening with the “Three-Second Rule”. 1:1s and team meetings are great for this!

tl;dr: Instead of responding immediately, pause for 3 seconds.

Are you interested in putting this into action?

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 From The Community

This is a section I want to fill with stories from you all. Please share how practicing goes for you so that the community can benefit!

📚 Resource Corner

• Book: "The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership” by The Conscious Leadership Group, specifically Commitment 4 on Candor

• Video: 5 Ways to Listen Better TED Talk by Julian Treasure

📆 Join Us IRL

Join us for our Leaders Unplugged Meetup on August 28, where we'll practice unplugging, resetting, and connecting. It's a great opportunity to hone your active listening skills and make authentic connections! 💖

📫 Subscribing to our calendar is the easiest way to get notified of upcoming events!