{"id":50432,"date":"2021-09-24T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=50432"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T13:57:55","slug":"listening-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/listening-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"How Listening Improves Your Leadership Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why is listening an important leadership skill? What question should you ask to get your team members to open up and dig deep?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listening is good leadership. Not only do your team members feel more cared about and supported, you learn vital information that helps you lead even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn one simple question to ask when you practice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/listening-and-leadership\/\">listening in leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Listening-Leadership Question: \u201cAnything Else?\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a relationship, there might be times when your partner asks you if something is wrong, to which you reply that everything is \u201cfine.\u201d Your partner, sensing that this is a loaded reply, may try to prod you a bit more. After being asked for the third or fourth time, you finally open up and tell your partner what\u2019s bothering you. There are many reasons you may haven\u2019t answered directly at first\u2014maybe the issue seemed too trivial to mention, or maybe you wanted to keep the peace. But doesn\u2019t it feel amazing when you\u2019re finally able to confront and resolve whatever it is? It might even lead to a deeper level of intimacy and understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, in the workplace, there are many important things left unsaid. <strong>The essential listening leadership<\/strong> <strong>question, \u201cAnything else?\u201d reveals these hidden issues and helps team members dig down to continue unearthing solutions and possibilities.<\/strong> It\u2019s a question that encourages deeper thinking and greater participation and shows how the first answer isn\u2019t necessarily the <em>best<\/em> answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Question Is a Good Coaching Habit&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three benefits to asking your team members, \u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) Better Decision-Making<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The more you ask, \u201cAnything else?\u201d the more ideas and options for action you unearth. And, according to science, more options are a good thing: One study showed that when you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-decisive\/\">make a decision<\/a> based on just two choices, the failure rate is more than 50 percent. When you add just one other option into the mix, you cut the failure rate down to 30 percent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Greater Self-Control<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When someone comes to you with a problem your immediate reaction might be to fix it. Isn\u2019t that why they\u2019re coming to you in the first place, to ask for your advice?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The problem with flexing your problem-solving abilities is that sometimes you only <em>think<\/em> you know what the problem is\u2014you may not know all the pertinent issues and details<\/strong>. Adopting a listening leadership style and asking, \u201cAnything else?\u201d keeps you from the bad habit of immediately giving out advice based on <em>your<\/em> conclusions or perspective on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) More Time<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As a manager, you want to show that you\u2019re always on top of things\u2014but sometimes, you may not know the answer to a question your team member is asking you or aren\u2019t sure of the correct way to proceed. When you ask, \u201cAnything else?\u201d and let your team member continue hashing out the problem, you give yourself more time to think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Make It a Habit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use this listening leadership question in a variety of scenarios: after your conversation starter, when you\u2019re trying to get to the heart of an issue, when you want to keep a conversation moving forward, or in any other situation where you feel like there\u2019s more that\u2019s waiting to be said. Be curious, and give the person your full attention so that your \u201cAnything else?\u201d comes out as a genuine inquiry rather than as an automatic follow-up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow Through Enough, But Not Too Much<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep the conversation productive, keep a balance between asking <em>enough<\/em> and <em>too<\/em> much. 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