Exercise 3 - Listening Styles
In your text, you learned that Geier and Downey (1980) believethat there are six styles of listening: leisure, inclusive,stylistic, technical, empathic, and nonconforming. Each style oflistener \"hears\" only communications that are consistent withhis/her style. The purpose of this exercise is to provide you withan opportunity to practice communicating in different ways todifferent types of listeners.
For each of the situations below, indicate how you would speakto each of the six styles of listener.
Situation 1: You are a supervisor and need to tell an employeethat his productivity has recently been low and he needs to improveor risk losing his job. |
Listening Style | Your Response |
Leisure | |
Inclusive | |
Stylistic | |
Technical | |
Empathic | |
Nonconforming | |
Situation 2: You are an employee and need to tell yoursupervisor that you have been working too much overtime and needsome time off. |
Listening Style | Your Response |
Leisure | |
Inclusive | |
Stylistic | |
Technical | |
Empathic | |
Nonconforming | |
