Comments on: Type 3 Listeners http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/04/16/type-3-listeners/ Ford Harding's Blog on Rainmaking and Business Development Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Ford Harding http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/04/16/type-3-listeners/#comment-5325 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:43:10 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/04/16/type-3-listeners/#comment-5325 Steve: The path may be steep, but it is well marked, and given enough time and the desire to make the grade, most can do it. The actors/trainers mentioned in the original post are extremely good at helping people to the summit. Ford Steve:

The path may be steep, but it is well marked, and given enough time and the desire to make the grade, most can do it. The actors/trainers mentioned in the original post are extremely good at helping people to the summit.

Ford

]]> by: Steve S http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/04/16/type-3-listeners/#comment-5322 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:34:45 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/04/16/type-3-listeners/#comment-5322 This categorization of "three levels of listener" is excellent: both easily memorable and correct. It reminds me of a friend of mine, Terry Brake, who runs a company that trains international teams how to work together. His teaches different cultures are wired differently and so often have trouble communicating. He told me a story of how he was training a group of bright nerdy Silicon Valley software engineers and was teaching them: "you are process-oriented, your Asian counterparts are relationship oriented." Kind of a Men are from Mars thing. They were all taking notes. One of the engineers asked: "Can you give us a set of steps we can take to build an effective relationship?" I wonder how many adult Type 1 listeners can make it up the mountain to Type 3? This categorization of “three levels of listener” is excellent: both easily memorable and correct.

It reminds me of a friend of mine, Terry Brake, who runs a company that trains international teams how to work together. His teaches different cultures are wired differently and so often have trouble communicating. He told me a story of how he was training a group of bright nerdy Silicon Valley software engineers and was teaching them: “you are process-oriented, your Asian counterparts are relationship oriented.” Kind of a Men are from Mars thing. They were all taking notes. One of the engineers asked: “Can you give us a set of steps we can take to build an effective relationship?”

I wonder how many adult Type 1 listeners can make it up the mountain to Type 3?

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