Strategic Listening Quotes

The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.

I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders and follow their lead.

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

Public diplomacy should be more ear driven than mouth driven.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

I tend to watch silently from the shadows. You learn a lot more that way.

I made a habit always to hear the Indians; and although they very often lie to me, I do not show them any displeasure for it, for I do not believe them and I do not decide anything until I have found out the truth.

You can't learn anything if you are doing all the talking. Sales people should always be developing their earQ, not their IQ. The only way to create a successful sale is to understand that knowledge from listening does not become power until it is used. And ideas without action are worthless.

To be a great poker player, you're going to have to learn this fact: Everything that's said at a poker table is worth listening to. It's all information that you can use to make better decisions, whether people are talking about baseball, politics, or, oh yeah, poker.

I can't tell you how many meetings I open up with, 'My voice is last.' I don't want anybody to hear my opinion before I hear everybody else's opinion.

I'm not sure leaders listen enough, especially to their people. And I've always thought in everything I've tried to do in my life, in the jobs I've had, is that if we can turn our transmitters off and our receivers on more often, we're better leaders and we know more of what is going on and therefore we can lead more effectively.