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How will you ensure that you listen effectively?

      

How will you ensure that you listen effectively?

  

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Martin
-Listen actively by taking notes and asking questions.

-Avoid distractions like day dreaming,over concentration on the speaker's mannerisms and dressing.

-Maintain eye contact with the speaker.

-motivate the speaker and indicate to them that you are following what is being said by nodding your head.

-observe the speaker's use of facial expressions,tonal variation and gestures to enhance your understanding of the topic of discussion.
marto answered the question on October 9, 2017 at 05:28


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