Let’s be honest. If your organization isn’t hitting its goals, your outdated listening skills might be the problem. Over the years, active listening has become synonymous with good listening. With tips like: 

• Show you’re listening, both verbally and non-verbally 
• Provide feedback and ask questions when appropriate 
• Pay attention by shutting off notifications and eliminating distractions 

… it’s easy to see how active listening became the gold standard for workplace communication. But active listening was born out of interesting origins (which we’ll unpack in this webinar), and the workforce both looked, and functioned, very differently than how it does today.  

After three years of research and analysis, we found that active listening can often come up short. And the failure to listen effectively can have tangible repercussions in organizations …  even preventing some companies from hitting their goals. So, we developed a better methodology: Adaptive Listening™. 

In this webinar, sought-after executive speaker coaches, Nicole Lowenbraun and Maegan Stephens, will be interviewed by our CEO, Nancy Duarte, to take you on their research journey from “what if there was an even better way to listen at work?” to the tangible ways you can level-up your organization’s listening skills to scale. 
 
What you’ll learn 

• The surprising origins of active listening 
• How and why active listening falls short in the workplace  
• The difference between active listening and Adaptive Listening 
• Adaptive Listening basics: An introduction to the methodology 
• The benefits Adaptive Listening can bring to you, your team, and your organization 

Who this webinar is for 

• Leaders and emerging leaders who want to improve their listening  
• Active listening fans interested in taking their skills to the next level 
• L&D managers seeking communication development for their teams 
• Anyone who has to listen at work 

About the speakers 

Nicole Lowenbraun, M.S., CCC-SLP  

Nicole is a communication nerd who uses her unique speech-language pathology background – and decades of business acumen – to help clients excel in speaking, writing, and listening. With a Master’s in Communication Disorders, Nicole is passionate about fostering more inclusive communication in the workplace. She’s a Content Director at Duarte, Inc. and the proud co-creator of Adaptive Listening™ – the new gold standard for listening in the workplace. 

Maegan Stephens, Ph.D. 

Maegan started earning her "10,000 hours" back when she was a competitive public-speaker in high school and college (yes, that's a thing). From there, she sharpened her research skills with a PhD in Communication Studies from The University of Texas at Austin. She is the co-creator of the Adaptive Listening™ methodology and currently leads a team of Duarte, Inc. strategists, writers, and speaker coaches to transform the way people communicate. 

 
Nancy Duarte 

Nancy Duarte is author of six best-selling books and CEO of Duarte, Inc. For over 30 years, Duarte, Inc. has consulted and trained the highest performing brands and executives in the world. Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Time Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Los Angeles Times, and on CNN. Her TED talk has had over 3 million views. Nancy has received several awards for communications, entrepreneurship, and been honored for her achievements as a female executive. She’s ranked #67 on the list of top 250 Women in Leadership and is the #1 Global Communication Guru. Nancy lectures at Stanford University and her course Resonate is taught in the Stanford School of Business. As a persuasion expert, she cracked the code for effectively incorporating story patterns into business communications. Her favorite role is “Grandma” to two grandsons and grand-dogger.