Listening Skills Inventory
Purpose: LiSI will assess how attentive a person is to a speaker, and whether he or she is an active participant in the listening process.
No. of questions: 54
Question type: Situational, self-report
Estimated completion time: 15 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Report Includes:
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Summary
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Introduction
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Graphs
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Detailed narrative interpretation
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List of Strengths an Limitations
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Advice
Factors and Scales:
Overall Score plus 2 factors, divided into 7 scales:
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Physical Attentiveness: Use of verbal and non-verbal language to indicate attentiveness.
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Mental Attentiveness: Mentally “tuning-in” to a speaker, and being willing and able to offer undivided attention.
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External Distractions: Ability to pay attention despite background noise.
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Conversation Flow: Tendency to interrupt or otherwise disrupt conversation flow.
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Speaker to Listener Transition: Level of comfort with being the listener rather than speaker.
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Body Language: Use of body language to convey interest and attentiveness.
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Internal Distractions: Ability to pay attention despite internal conflict.
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Attention Span: Ability to pay attention to a speaker for an extended period of time.
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Hearing a Person Out: Ability to listen with an open mind.
7 scales:
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External Distractions
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Conversation Flow
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Speaker to Listener Transition
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Body Language
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Internal Distractions
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Attention Span
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Hearing a Person Out
APPLICATION:
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Pre-employment
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Training tool
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Professional/Skills development