The Art of Effective Listening and Connecting with People

There is a big difference between hearing what someone is saying and listening to them. Hearing is passive, listening is active. The ability to listen to, rather than just hear, what clients and colleagues have to say is an essential skill. It helps to build strong relationships and this results in new business, business retention and happier workplaces.

Led by Jeff Heasman, this seminar will develop your listening skills and help you with both internal and external relationships at work. It will also teach you how to connect with people through understanding behavioural traits and why people say what they say.

Book Now
This 1.5 hour seminar takes place on Wednesday 7 November at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath and is open to all members and their guests. If you would like to join us at this interactive session, please click on the Book Now button below.

Please note that this event is slightly longer than our usual for an evening seminar, so it will start promptly at 5.45pm. Light refreshments will be available from 5.30pm onwards.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:

• appreciate the important difference between hearing and listening what someone else is saying and the impact this has on relationships

• understand how to listen without thinking and making judgements

• recognise annoying habits that can potentially isolate people communicating with you

• connect more easily with people by understanding behavioural traits

Getting there
There is plenty of free on-site parking at Clair Hall and Haywards Heath Station is just a few minutes' walk away.

About our speaker
Jeff Heasman is a leading international trainer in communication skills, with a focus on the insurance, legal and financial service sectors. He is a qualified English language trainer with many years of experience working in the legal and insurance industries, initially as a litigation executive and then as a senior liability adjuster.

Jeff has taught business English and the language of international negotiations to company directors and MBA students in Spain, as well as having been Dean of the Faculty of Law and a lecturer in the law of torts at Cavendish University in Zambia. He has provided training in law and English language to some of the world’s most prestigious organisations and has been a tutor in academic and business English to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Swansea University in the UK.