Guest interview with Colin D Smith, the listening expert

Commercial Photographer: Your Guide to Marketing, Creativity and Growth · Oct 20, 2023 · 26m

In this show we talk to Colin D Smith who is an expert in listening. A skill we have talked about many times in the show.

Listening makes people feel needed and valued. It is something that can be learnt either through coaching in group settings or121. Even though most people think they are goodlisteners in reality very few people have the skills to do it well. And this is reflected in society with a rise in loneliness and sadly suicide rates.

Colin goes on to say the importance of using open ended questions

“how do you feel about that?”

“ interesting, what more do you want to say about…