As we move into our 4th week of class, you hope everyone is used to the discussion area and enjoying chatting with me and one another.

This week lets turn our attention to the importance of Listening.

Topic: "Listening." Please respond to the following:

Describe three different barriers to effective listening and how they develop in the workplace.

Describe some basic steps you could take to remove existing barriers in your current workplace (or classroom).

Describe the different types of listeners and how a business leader might develop employees to become active listeners.

The minimum requirements are a well written initial post addressing the questions posed and one comment post. Be sure to utilize spell check and grammar usage. No need to submit your work to Safe Assignment but if you quote a source give credit where credit is due.