Welcome to your Active Listening Quiz.
The quiz is based on the Active Listening Self-Assessment published by Harvard Business School Publishing.
Are you an Active Listener? What follows are 13 sentence fragments that complete the sentence beginning with :
While someone is talking, I...
Respond to each statement by indicating how often the statement describes you and your listening habits.
1.
...plan how I'm going to respond.
2.
...keep eye contact with the speaker.
3.
...take notes as appropriate.
4.
...notice the feelings behind the words.
5.
...find myself thinking of other things.
6.
...face the person who is talking.
7.
...watch for body language clues.
8.
...control distracting habits and fidgeting.
9.
...interrupt the speaker to make my own point.
10.
...am distracted by other demands on my time.
11.
...listen to the message without immediately judging or evaluating it..
12.
...when appropriate, ask questions and encourage the speaker to provide more information.
13.
...repeat in my own words what I've heard to ensure I have the correct understanding.
