Inpsire your team to be happy and do something...

Watch the Smile & Move video, 3 fun minutes that will remind you and your team of the core fundamentals that lead to better work, better relationships, and better results.

Create something wonderful with your people... Start smoving

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• finish sentences for others. interrupting sends a message that what you have to say is more important and can diminish the speaker's sense of control and importance
• try to persuade others without fully listening to their point of view. you might end up learning something that could change your viewpoint

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• genuinely want to listen. authentic sincerity creates an atmosphere of trust
• be receptive to the speaker's needs - he might just need you to listen, and not try to fix his problem. sometimes being listened to is enough
• listen with a nonjudgmental attitude
• allow the speaker to fully explain her position, problem, etc. before jumping in with your reply. not interrupting gives the speaker a sense of importance and a potential self-esteem boost
• look at the speaker with interest, but not with a quizzical expression that may imply something is wrong
• smile

Take into account regional speech, dialect and cultural differences. For example, the pace or speed at which someone speaks may differ by regions in a country, and in some Asian cultures children are taught to avoid direct eye contact with authority figures.