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By (author) Kasriel, Emily
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Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes
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Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes
Too often, we bring our own assumptions and agendas to our conversations with others. It is common to feel that we already know the ‘right’ way of thinking about something, so, when people disagree or promote conflicting ideas, we might not be really interested in listening to them. We may dial down our level of concentration or tune out altogether. The unspoken assumption is, why should we invest in hearing their perspective when we already know they are wrong?
These behaviours don’t strongly interfere in small, everyday conversations, such as when we run into our neighbours or have a chat at the office. But when there are significant matters at stake, and when a conflict could be resolved or reignited by the tenor of a conversation, they can cause significant damage. They allow us to pretend not to notice people who are really damaged, and who, on the deepest, most personal level, just crave being listened to.
In DEEP LISTENING, Emily Kasriel explores the barriers that prevent us from respectful, Deep Listening and explains how to overcome them. In the book, Emily will show how Deep Listening is transformational, not transactional: instead of listening to extract information, we listen openly to learn more about the person speaking—and ourselves.
Biographical note:
Emily Kasriel’s distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades included roles as an award-winning journalist, editor and media executive. She developed the Deep Listening approach as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College Policy Institute in London, drawing on her experience as an accredited executive coach and workplace mediator. Previously, she’s been a Visiting Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University, and a Senior Advisor to the Skoll Foundation. A graduate of the University of Oxford and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, she lives in London.
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Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes
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Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes
• In DEEP LISTENING, Emily Kasriel explores the barriers that prevent us from respectful, Deep Listening and explains how to overcome them. In the book, Emily will show how Deep Listening is transformational, not transactional: instead of listening to extract information, we listen openly to learn more about the person speaking—and ourselves.
• This book will be intensely thought-provoking; much like Four Thousand Weeks encouraged readers to define “time management” in a completely different way, DEEP LISTENING will encourage readers to think deeply about what conversation and dialogue is “for” and imagine what their relationships could be like if they really, deeply, listened.
• DEEP LISTENING is filled with examples of some legendary deep listeners Emily has seen in action, from Nelson Mandela to the photographer Platon and the artist Anthony Gormley, as well as stories of important conversations that had the capacity to change the world.
• Through her work as a BBC journalist, accredited mediator, and executive coach, Emily Kasriel has listened to others in high-stakes situations across the world, and she has trained hundreds of individuals in her Deep Listening approach. She has led Deep Listening workshops in some of the world’s conflict zones, encouraging people divided by ethnicity, religion, politics or other barriers to develop an understanding of the other side and to be open to true communication.
Competition: Four Thousand Weeks,Stolen Focus,Breath,Ju
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