The Cost of Listening with Christine Miles | CNC143

Today on the podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Christine Miles, founder and CEO of EQuipt and author of What Is it Costing You Not to Listen? We discussed the importance of being a good listener and how it can help you navigate life successfully. In addition, Christine shared valuable insights on improving your listening skills and having productive conversations.About the Guest:Christine Miles is an author, professional keynote speaker, consultant, executive coach, thought leader, and entrepreneur.  She is the Founder and CEO of EQuipt, a training and consulting company that helps leadership teams grow sales, develop people, and create cultures of understanding. She developed The Listening Path™, a transformational workshop on listening to understand, which has been taught at various Fortune 100 corporations, universities, law firms, and privately-held companies. She is the author of What Is It Costing You Not to Listen?  What Is It Costing You Not to Listen? Will encourage you to examine how you are listening. You’ll discover that not only are many of the problems in your life due to not listening effectively, but listening helps to solve most problems. Christine Miles is a longtime expert in educating individuals and organizations on how to listen in ways that transform how they lead, sell, influence, and succeed in every aspect of life. Following the steps of her breakthrough Listening Path™ will provide you with a critical key to your success - understanding. Through Christine’s game-changing approach to listening, you will learn to:Hear what is said and not saidIdentify your listening persona and realize when it is unhelpfulSoothe your subconscious so you can listen differentlyListen with the intent of gathering others’ storiesReplace interfering direct questions with just six questions Mini-reflect to speed up the listening process without getting lostAffirm to create alignment, break down walls, and solve problemsIn business, listening is good for the bottom line. It creates trust between coworkers so they can solve problems better, get things done, manage conflict, stay engaged, and empower one another. In personal relationships, listening is an act of love that communicates to people they are important to you.https://equipt-people.com/?fbclid=IwAR2jsGM7mVKeA1V9FQ6eCZvbvDWxlXhe1O08k_lzGVCj0JG4RH3NgLX5TbQhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/equiptpeople/https://www.instagram.com/cmileslistens/https://www.facebook.com/cmileslistenshttps://twitter.com/cmileslistenshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzP5PyPkrqG7BayFs0kU_gAbout the Host: Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full-time job as a Productivity Coach. As a busy mom of three and the founder of Chaos N’ Cookies, keeping moms from crumbling is my main objective. After gaining 10+ years of experience as a Director of Marketing helping build multiple 6 & 7-figure businesses for other women I’ve created the Chaos Control System to equip moms to overcome their own objections so they can live the life they want to live and start that business they have always wanted. The Family Playbook, or standard operating procedure, is the tool every