Assessment 1
PART ONE: Reflect on your day. In the space provided, enter the percent of your time you felt engaged in each level of listening. The total should equal 100%.
Level 1: Downloading * 15
PART TWO: Join our action research by co-creating a global deep listening database. Share a story about a moment today when you experienced a shift from one level of listening to another. Then select the tag below that indicates which shift you experienced.
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIENCE
It was at lunch after a meeting. I came in from out of town as a guest. My associate had been invited to help his friend with the AASHE STARS report. Our University had completed it several times, and he had worked as my work-study student helping me during the last term to update it. Now his friend in the next city over was trying to complete the STARS report at their University, so they invited me to help get an idea about what this meant.
The three of us had planned lunch and two others came along. It was clear to me sitting at lunch that we were the most outspoken at the previous meeting. Of course, everyone had questions for me, but now I was able to sit back and listen to the conversation. I'm always sensing too much, and rarely will speak up unless asked. Now being in a social place, I was able to state the obvious. . . . I told them how they were clearly at a place where they would benefit from something we were doing. Change Leaders are few and far between, but often they are busy and full with projects and activities. However, we found that meeting to share, just socially, can be critical to progress.
We are all pushing projects and actions everywhere. However, to stop and share socially with others who are doing the same thing can really be powerful. Not creating another project, another team, or event. . . but simply meeting monthly to share the challenges and struggles we have in our own. Leaders sharing leadership ideas and concept is critical. Of course one person said he was intimidated bringing together leaders because they want to know what they will get, what the meeting results will be. . . Ah, clearly someone not ready! Not yet seeing the Big picture enough to step beyond doing and getting, and step into simply BEing and SHARing which is enough in itself.
PART ONE: Reflect on your day. In the space provided, enter the percent of your time you felt engaged in each level of listening. The total should equal 100%.
Level 1: Downloading * 15
Listening from your habits, from what you already know; the result is you re-confirm what you already knew.Level 2: Factual * 10
Noticing something new, something that differs from what you already knew or expected to hear.Level 3: Empathizing * 30
Listening from the place the other person is speaking from, experiencing/sensing an emotional connection.Level 4: Generative * 45
Connecting to the emerging future - to a future possibility that links to your emerging self; to who you really are.Total *100
PART TWO: Join our action research by co-creating a global deep listening database. Share a story about a moment today when you experienced a shift from one level of listening to another. Then select the tag below that indicates which shift you experienced.
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIENCE
It was at lunch after a meeting. I came in from out of town as a guest. My associate had been invited to help his friend with the AASHE STARS report. Our University had completed it several times, and he had worked as my work-study student helping me during the last term to update it. Now his friend in the next city over was trying to complete the STARS report at their University, so they invited me to help get an idea about what this meant.
The three of us had planned lunch and two others came along. It was clear to me sitting at lunch that we were the most outspoken at the previous meeting. Of course, everyone had questions for me, but now I was able to sit back and listen to the conversation. I'm always sensing too much, and rarely will speak up unless asked. Now being in a social place, I was able to state the obvious. . . . I told them how they were clearly at a place where they would benefit from something we were doing. Change Leaders are few and far between, but often they are busy and full with projects and activities. However, we found that meeting to share, just socially, can be critical to progress.
We are all pushing projects and actions everywhere. However, to stop and share socially with others who are doing the same thing can really be powerful. Not creating another project, another team, or event. . . but simply meeting monthly to share the challenges and struggles we have in our own. Leaders sharing leadership ideas and concept is critical. Of course one person said he was intimidated bringing together leaders because they want to know what they will get, what the meeting results will be. . . Ah, clearly someone not ready! Not yet seeing the Big picture enough to step beyond doing and getting, and step into simply BEing and SHARing which is enough in itself.
