{"id":470,"date":"2017-07-07T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.128.1.17\/CGATrain\/?p=470"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:29:24","slug":"listening-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/2017\/07\/07\/listening-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;re on mute. We can&#8217;t hear you.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Listening can be a challenge, even when your microphone is on and fully working. The distractions, both physical and mental, that have occurred during the pandemic have taken a toll on our listening skills.\u00a0 Did you know that we remember only a dismal 25-50% of what we hear? Together in this class we will review what it <em>really<\/em> takes to become an active listener. The results just might influence your productivity and relationships both at work and at home.<\/p>\n<p>In this class we will:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Discuss what makes listening so challenging\u2026 especially now<br \/>\n\u2022 Explore the difference between hearing and listening<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn the 3 Levels of Listening<br \/>\n\u2022 Review key elements for active listening and make a commitment to improve<br \/>\n\u2022 Practice listening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill Set:<\/strong> Communication<br \/>\n<strong>Facilitator:<\/strong> Molly McAllister CPTD &amp; CPC<br \/>\n<strong>Platform:<\/strong> Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Details:<\/strong> 07\/07\/2026 from 10:00am \u2013 11:15am<br \/>\n<strong>Enroll:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hrconnect.cga.ct.gov\/html\/psmain.asp?COURSE_ID=001025&amp;SESSION=0020\">CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0or email Molly.McAllister@cga.ct.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;You&#8217;re on mute. We can&#8217;t hear you.&#8221; Listening can be a challenge, even when your microphone is on and fully working. The distractions, both physical and mental, that have &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-training-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9465,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/9465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}