Deep Listening
Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes
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- $ 47.900,00
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- $ 47.900,00
Descripción editorial
Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes
‘An important, profound yet approachable book that could help make the world a far saner and more vibrant place’ OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks
Why do so many conversations leave us feeling unheard and disconnected? Drawing on her celebrated experience as a former BBC journalist, accredited executive coach and mediator, in Deep Listening Emily Kasriel argues that it’s because we’ve forgotten how to truly listen.
Distracted by our own agenda, we so often hear without understanding, impatiently waiting for our turn to speak. In this exploration of transformational listening, Kasriel shows how shifting from surface level exchanges to deep listening can enrich our relationships as friends, parents and partners, enhance our effectiveness as leaders and strengthen the fabric of our communities.
Grounded in scientific studies, new research and powerful stories from legendary listeners in politics, business and the arts, Kasriel unveils her simple yet transformative eightstep approach. With Deep Listening as your guide, you’ll find inspiration and practical guidance on how we can better listen to each other, even when we fiercely disagree.
At once a practical guide and a heartfelt manifesto, this groundbreaking book challenges us to rethink our approach to listening and, in doing so, transform our lives from the inside out. Whether readers seek to strengthen their empathy, boost their performance at work or foster genuine understanding across cultural, political and generational divides, Deep Listening provides the tools and inspiration to unlock the power of lasting, meaningful connections.
Reviews
In her book, Kasriel invites the reader to slow down, be present, and engage with each other with intention- Marybeth Gasman, Forbes
In this fascinating book, Emily Kasriel invites us to take listening, whether as partner, colleague or friend, to a deeper level. Not easy, not without risk, but potentially enriching and transformative for both parties- Mike Brearley, psychoanalyst and motivational speaker
With Deep Listening as your guide, you'll learn to become a better family member, friend, co-worker and citizen. At once a practical guide and a heartfelt manifesto, this groundbreaking book challenges us to rethink our approach to listening and in doing so, transform our lives from the inside out- Politics and Prose
Deep Listening is both practical and inspirational- Nina Hobson, Barefoot in-house coach
Kasriel presents a treasure store of wisdom that will benefit anyone with the ambition to be a better listener. The book is carefully crafted and extremely reader-friendly. It conveys a powerful combination of warmth and restraint which suggests that Kasriel really does practise what she preaches- The Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, Dean of Chapel at King’s College, Cambridge
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BBC journalist Kasriel debuts with a valuable guide to listening in a way that's "transformational" rather than transactional. Explaining that people tend to get in their own way by fidgeting, silently formulating a reply, or generally tuning in "only long enough to mentally sort what your speaker is saying into ready-prepared bins," she contends that such "performative" listening flattens conversational complexity and reduces the openness of one's interlocutor, who anticipates interruptions and has less time to formulate their thoughts. Kasriel outlines eight steps readers can take to become more active listeners, among them cultivating genuine curiosity, using silence to signal respect and give the speaker space to think, and "reflecting back" what one's conversation partner has conveyed. Listening in this way allows for collaborative interactions that expand perspectives and mental frameworks, "liberat us from being marooned in our small lives," she argues. Interweaving research from psychology, peacebuilding, management thinking, and philosophy with personal experience as a reporter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Pretoria, South Africa, Kasriel makes a wise if occasionally idealistic case for listening as an underutilized tool for building relationships and bridging divides. It's an encouraging resource for fostering more productive interactions in a polarized world.
