{"id":2892,"date":"2018-01-15T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2018-02-19T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:18:53","slug":"three-minute-leadership-the-ability-to-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2018\/01\/three-minute-leadership-the-ability-to-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: The Ability to Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

To: the Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.<\/i>\u201d wrote\u00a0Leonardo Da Vinci<\/a>. \u00a0John F. Kennedy<\/a>\u00a0said: \u201cToo often, we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>Great leaders\u00a0 recognize that, sometimes, opinions \u2013 theirs and others –\u00a0 are not fact-based but simply expressions of their world-view. They realize that their ability to LISTEN and process information objectively allows them to have a greater understanding of the realities around them. It is this beautiful and robust openness to different perspectives and ideas that differentiates them and enables them to introduce and realize change.<\/p>\n

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Mother Teresa<\/a>\u00a0tells us: \u201cThe openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>May the circle we draw be wonderfully expansive and inclusive that our eyes, ears and heart are opened widely to possibilities and realities yet unseen. May we remember that we don\u2019t see things as they are, but as we are. It is the responsibility of great leaders to stand in the shoes of others that, as\u00a0Stephen Covey<\/a>\u00a0tells us, they \u201cseek first to understand, then to be understood<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n

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Mike\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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