Effective communication is one of the key components of interpersonal relations and professional success, and it can also contribute to our personal development (Liubinienė, 2009). Almost all communications are based on two important skills: listening and understanding. This skill is one of the key features of building rapport, creating trust, and keeping meaningful connections. This paper will reveal my style of listening and will share my summation of three separate events collected over three days. Through exploring these encounters and by analyzing my habits of listening, I intend to extract the components of my listening style and its effectiveness and define the areas where I can be better. This reflective exercise aims to build my ability to interact with others, explore their viewpoints, and gain more awareness of myself and others. Ultimately, it is supposed to enhance my communication skills. Listening skills are not only a medium of meaningful interactions but also a source of empathy, creative problem-solving, and collaborative efforts.
In one instance, I attended a daily coaching meeting with the training staff at 3:00 pm. The style of listening was silent and task-oriented. The environment provided was performance-based, emphasizing key aspects that were to be followed up during a subsequent match. When this interaction occurred, my predominant listening style was actively listening, that is, paying serious attention to the information being given in the form of active listening without verbal response. The successful result was that I internalized the details while I was working. Another instance involved a class setting with a teacher and fellow students at 12:15 PM. Ethically, I was supposed to be interacting with the information and also paying full attention to it, but instead, I was pseudo-listening in a way that appeared to be genuine engagement but had no real comprehension. The result was undesirable, with a noticeably low performance in tests. The third interaction occurred at 4:00 PM in the gym; I organized teamwork with a group of athletes during everyday training sessions. Here, the participant-centered session was constructive and helped in creating an environment that was favorable for active involvement. I was pulled into this environment surrounded by passionate individuals engaged in listening, sharing information, and discussing different aspects of the game.
As I reflected on the different titles, I realized that my listening style changes greatly depending on the situation and the status that I have in an interaction. In cases where the setting is addressed in a more information-centered way, such as the coaching meeting, I tend to exhibit a discrete listening style because I prioritize absorbing the details to be used in future actions. The way of responding corresponds with a task-response orientation, where the primary goal is to gain information as fast as possible to help in problem-solving or delegating tasks (Hamadi & Barati, 2011). On the other hand, in situations where the classroom environment dominates the discussion, focusing on the ability to absorb knowledge, I seem to switch to pseudo-listening. Despite an intention to have an active involvement in this process, the passive manner of virtual education obstructs my ability to grasp more information and remember it better, thus leading to poor results.
On the contrary, processes that are associated with conflict and opposition, such as team practices that involve asking questions or giving ideas, are linked to engaged listening patterns characterized by active participation and interaction (Brownell, 2010). This is in line with a relational style where team-building rhetoric, team spirit, and mutual success are the core issues. These observations informed me that I could adjust my listening skills to a set of standards in various situations. While this confirms their effectiveness in several settings, it also points to the need for the manner to be incorporated more consistently and effectively in a range of contexts. By figuring out what works and what does not in the various listening styles, I can better develop a more well-rounded approach that boosts my communication with other people and helps create an avenue for more meaningful relationships. The analysis presented here provides the base to which the appropriateness of my listening patterns and the strategies that can be implemented for improvement in the following sections of the essay will be judged.
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