The Active Listening Workshop is a training experience that aims to develop the ability to listen with attention and empathy, understanding not only the words, but also the emotions underlying each message. Active listening is not just a communication skill, but a practice that promotes authentic connections, reduces conflict, and improves interpersonal relationships. This workshop will help participants become aware and sensitive listeners, increasing their emotional intelligence and fostering a healthier and more productive communication environment.
Why do the workshop?
- Improve interpersonal communication: This workshop will teach you how to go deep into conversations, grasp emotional nuances, and build more meaningful relationships.
- Managing emotions in difficult conversations: Learn to recognize and manage your own emotions and those of others, turning conflicting conversations into opportunities for growth and connection.
- Building Stronger and More Authentic Relationships: Use active listening to connect with the emotions and experiences of others, creating deep and lasting bonds.
- Develop emotional intelligence: You will learn to tune into your emotions and use them as a compass to navigate interpersonal relationships, building more authentic and meaningful connections.
- Improve professional performance: A work environment that promotes active listening fosters creativity and innovation.
- Increase your ability to support others: Learn to listen actively and create a safe space where others can express their emotions and seek support.
- Managing stress and negative emotions in conversations: Develop emotional control to communicate effectively, even in tense situations.
- Providing and receiving feedback constructively: Use feedback as a tool to improve relationships and achieve goals.
- Promoting self-care and emotional well-being: Learn to explore your inner world through active listening and deepen your relationship with yourself.
- Developing useful skills for the future: Active listening and effective communication are increasingly valued in the workplace, where emotional intelligence and interpersonal relationships are key.
Target
The workshop is aimed at:
- Professionals and managers;
- Human Resources Managers;
- Educators and teachers;
- Social workers;
- Students and parents;
- Volunteers and mediators.
Contents
- Introduction to active listening: Active listening is not limited to words. We will teach them to use their body, emotions, and mind to fully understand what the other person is trying to communicate.
- The importance of Emotional Intelligence in listening: in addition to words, gestures, tone of voice, and facial expression communicate a lot. Emotional intelligence allows us to decode these nonverbal cues, understanding the underlying emotions and responding appropriately.
- Active listening techniques: Through techniques such as mirroring, active silence, and paraphrasing, you will learn to create deep and meaningful connections with others, resolving conflicts, building trust, and building lasting relationships.
- Empathy and listening: Through practical exercises and role-playing, we will explore the nuances of active listening, learning to overcome our resistances and build deeper and more meaningful connections through the use of empathy.
Contents
- The Role of Emotions in Active Listening: Through emotional listening, we will develop deeper relationships, resolve conflicts constructively, and improve our ability to communicate.
- Barriers and obstacles in active listening: It will be a path to refine our listening skills, overcoming the cognitive and emotional barriers that prevent us from truly connecting with others.
- Non-verbal communication and active listening: Body language, with its infinite nuances of gestures, postures, and facial expressions, is an orchestra that plays in the background of our communication. Learning to read and interpret these signals allows us to understand the interlocutor more deeply and respond more empathetically.
- Practical applications of active listening: Active listening is the fertilizer that nourishes relationships, fostering mutual understanding, empathy, and trust. In the family, among friends, or as a couple, listening means making others feel seen and valued, strengthening bonds, and creating an atmosphere of serenity.
- Experiential Activities: Role-playing, group games, and group discussions.