Course : Active Listening for Better Communication

effective stance and techniques

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. EQU
Price : 1270 € E.T.

Active Listening for Better Communication

effective stance and techniques


Required course

Active listening helps make relationships more effective in all case, particularly in high-stakes professional communication situations, whether face-to-face or before a group.


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In person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. EQU
  2d - 14h00
1270 € E.T.




Active listening helps make relationships more effective in all case, particularly in high-stakes professional communication situations, whether face-to-face or before a group.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Increase your relationship efficiency in communication situations
Understand the basics of active listening
Observe and choose suitable communication channels
Get in sync with the other person
Use active listening tools for your professional meetings

Intended audience
Anyone who wants to increase their listening skills to facilitate professional exchanges.

Prerequisites
No particular knowledge.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Real-life scenarios and practice sessions. Collective analysis followed by participatory discussions.

Course schedule

1
Understand the basics of active listening

  • Different levels of stress.
  • Keys to improving your listening stance.
  • Challenges and limits of active listening.
  • Assessing your style and listening skills.
  • Six attitudes of listening.
Exercise
Self-diagnosis of your own listening abilities. Feedback.

2
Listening to yourself to gain a better position in a win-win relationship

  • The notion of needs.
  • Difference between need and demand.
  • Practicing listening to yourself using the self-empathy technique.
  • How to phrase a request.
Exercise
Practicing the self-empathy technique. Group debriefing on habits put to use.

3
Listening to the other person to earn their trust

  • Setting basic rules in the relationship.
  • Observing and adapting to the person you’re speaking to (verbal and non-verbal).
  • Getting in sync with the other person.
  • Choosing suitable communication channels.
  • Agreeing to disagree, validating the other person's emotions.
  • Remaining available for them.
Exercise
Practicing getting in sync. Collective debriefing.

4
Learning active listening tools

  • Developing congruence between your verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Incorporating different rephrasing techniques.
  • Giving signs of recognition and appropriate feedback.
  • Using silence effectively.
  • Reconciling listening and note-taking.
Exercise
Role-playing: Putting active listening into practice. Collective debriefing.

5
From active listening to effective relationships

  • Setting a clear goal.
  • Mastering the steps of the meeting.
  • Questioning and influencing with integrity.
  • Knowing how to conclude the meeting.
Exercise
Role-playing: Simulations of professional listening situations. Collective debriefing.


Customer reviews
4,8 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
ISABELLE A.
19/03/26
5 / 5

Belle énergie de la formatrice qui sait créer une vraie synergie et des échanges en confiance dans le groupe
RACHEL N.
19/03/26
4 / 5

Lecture des slides, peu de théorie et beaucoup de mise en situation ce qui amène à la répétition.
RAPHAËL D.
19/03/26
5 / 5

Je trouve la formation bonne.Les mises en situation pratiques ont une qualité qui varient selon les participants mais cela a permis une diversité de situation agréable.



Publication date : 06/13/2024


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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 21 May, 21 May, 18 June, 24 Sep., 24 Sep., 22 Oct., 19 Nov., 10 Dec., 10 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 16 Apr., 21 May, 18 June, 24 Sep., 22 Oct., 19 Nov., 10 Dec.

LUXEMBOURG
2026 : 18 June, 22 Oct., 19 Nov.