— To follow is a bullet of wisdom on leadership. It comes from Tom’s rifle, named Shot, who has seen it all. You’ll get the drift by clicking Blog in the menu at www.tomnewhouse.com. —
THE SECRET TO GOOD COMMUNICATION is to listen. Yep, pack all the tips for spewing forth information into one great big hunting bag. Compare them to the bullet of listening. The bullet wins. Every time.
People don’t care what you know until they know how much you care…about their ideas and feelings. And the worst is misconstruing these. Oh, they may submit, if you are the leader, but they will know that you only care about your own thoughts and feelings. Why should they listen to you if you don’t listen to them? Listening frees another to share. Listening is the secret to good communication.