Why We Need to Use Active Listening: Because ‘It’s Not About the Nail’
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Why We Need to Use Active Listening: Because ‘It’s Not About the Nail’

By Elena Aguilar — April 27, 2014 1 min read
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Elena Aguilar
Elena Aguilar, an experienced K-12 educator, trains individuals and teams to build resilient, just communities. She is the author of The Art of Coaching, (2013) The Art of Coaching Teams, (2016) and Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators (2018). She is also the founder of Bright Morning Consulting (brightmorningteam.com) and is active on social media.

In case you’d like a more visually entertaining argument for active listening, watch this video, “It’s Not About the Nail.”

How does this connect to the work of a coach? What did you learn from watching it and reflecting on active listening?

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