Listen Like a Dog
presented by Jeff Lazarus
Jeff explains why listening is so important and how we should be using it to our and other people’s benefit while using digital methods of communication.
People sometimes remember the things you say but always remember the way you make them feel. When you give the gift of feeling heard, you will not only be remembered, you’ll be liked. This creates better relationships and business outcomes.
Learning Objectives include:
- The 7 habits of highly ineffective listeners (and how to avoid them)
- Going low-tech and keeping it real
- The power of silence; silence is truly golden
- Always ready to listen, your go-to secret for success
- Expanding your personal skills for high performance as leaders and team members
- The benefits of listening: Deepen behavioral toolsets for trust and relationships building at all organizational level
- Building your listener; developing others to listen to you.
- Creating a culture of listening in the work place...and at home
- Employing listening as a strategy; offense v. defense
Jeff Lazarus, published Bestselling Author, Catakism and Dogtology, International Organization
He is the author of the bestselling and internationally published book, Listen Like A Dog...And Make Your Mark on the World. He has taught public speaking and conducted numerous workshops on listening, presentation skills, and customer engagement.
Customer engagement, presentation and selling skills, relationship building, and strategic thinking are some of the skills Jeff often shares through workshops, keynotes and consulting. Through his efforts, Jeff has built numerous strategic partnerships and networks in the healthcare industry. He received his MBA from Pepperdine University and B.A. in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from Cal State University, Long Beach. Jeff spent several successful years as a Health Science Consultant with Merck & Co., Inc. where he earned the coveted Vice President’s Award five times and was inducted into the Merck Hall of Fame.
Jeff is an established author and is enjoying the success of his original and humorous works: DOGTOLOGY; LIVE.BARK.BELIEVE. and CATAKISM; BOW TO THE MEOW, an international #1 Best Seller. Jeff’s 2016 release, LISTEN LIKE A DOG…AND MAKE YOUR MARK ON THE WORLD, is a fresh approach to the lost art of listening, based on the workshops he conducted for Fortune 100 sales teams. LISTEN LIKE A DOG has been published in multiple languages. While writing DOGTOLOGY and CATAKISM, he had the vision for the day this humorous perspective of our love for cats and dogs would make its way to the screen. He is currently in development, with Suzanne Delaurentiis, for an offbeat comedy pilot episode based on DOGTOLOGY and CATAKISM.
Additionally, Jeff is wildly crazy about branding. Jeff works closely with subject matter experts to discover, evolve, refresh, and deliver their brand message through their digital marketing, publishing, and speaking efforts. As an authority on communication, he places an emphasis on how a brand communicates to its customers and how the brand communicates with its own organization. Jeff’s clients include leaders in fields such as health and wellness, business, and technical science. Jeff has a Bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
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