Listening Like a Leader
Workshops called "Speak Like a Leader" sell out and listening courses do not fill, because we hear and therefore assume we listen. These are the posts about being judged far more on how you listen than on how you speak.
12 articles
2024
Bryan Yager on the Unleashed podcast, talking about breaking free of confirmation bias and leading with intention.
4 min readChildren absorb far more than they are taught. Bryan Yager's Father's Day note on being watched all along.
5 min readA participant's question made Bryan Yager rethink a line he had used for years about listening. On what he now says.
6 min read2023
2022
Forty people waiting to deliver an elevator pitch, and nobody listening. Bryan Yager on what he noticed that night.
5 min readAlmost everyone rates themselves an above-average listener. Bryan Yager on the gap between thinking you listen and listening.
5 min read2021
We forget how complicated communication is exactly when it matters most. Bryan Yager on why that costs so much.
7 min readHe took over the worst ship in the fleet and fixed it in a year. Bryan Yager on seeing the ship through the eyes of the crew.
4 min read2018
Bryan has spent more than 45 years developing leaders, in Boise and across the country. If this is the thinking you want in the room, he works with organizations on Everything DiSC® Assessments & Facilitation, and the same thinking runs through his book, How to Transition Into Leadership.