Strategies for active listening | John Igwebuike | TEDxMorehouseCollege

Dr. John Ibwebuike shares strategies on how to employ T.I.M.E. to improve your active listening skills. Dr. John G. Igwebuike is a lawyer and life-long learner of listening that currently serves as the Director of School Culture-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Saint Ignatius College Prep (Chicago). He is a retired tenured professor of business law at Alcorn State University, where he still teaches as an adjunct professor. Alcorn is the nation’s first agricultural land-grant HBCU.
Dr. John is a sought-after thought leader uniquely focused on effective active listening as the foundation of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
As an active listening activist, Dr. John is the founder of The Lead Listening Institute, an organization dedicated to disseminating best practices, research-based evidence, and heart-led instruction on listening. He delivers workshops, coaching, and professional development to schools, organizations, and groups. He is also the founder of Guanacaste: The Transformational Listening Conference (TLC) hosted annually in Chicago, Illinois. “Guanacaste,” derives from Náhuatl, the Aztec language, and means “Listening Tree.” As a listening consultant, counselor, and coach, he invites individuals, groups, and audiences to be “listening trees” who create ecosystems of oxygen-rich environments where all voices can be seen, heard, listened to, and understood.
Dr. John is the author of “I Want to Hear You:” 22 Tips for Artful Listening before, during, and after a Conversation (2020) and a diversity-centered children’s book entitled, I Listen and So Can You (2022). His unique work on leveraging listening to cultivate cultures of care has been featured in Purpose, Inspire, Toastmasters International, Career Connections, Healthy Living, and National Academic Advising Association magazines. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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This is an important video that everyone should watch, as it addresses something crucial in all of our lives. Thank you, Dr. John, for sharing your wisdom!

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A very important skill we need to master, which is the art of active listening. Thank you Dr. John for your expertise on this subject!

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So happy I was informed of this wonderful presentation by ListenFirst Fridays! I will do my best to devote my TIME to undistracted listening.