How Well Do You Listen

How Well Do You Listen?
A Personal Profile
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Here are three tests to rate yourself as a listener. There are not correct or incorrect answers. Your responses, however, will expand our understanding of yourself as a listener, and highlight areas in which improvement might be welcome to you and to those around.

Quiz #1

Circle the term that best describes you as a listener:

Superior Excellent Above Average Average Below Average

2. On a scale of 0 -100 (100 = highest) how would you rate yourself as a listener?

Quiz #2

How do you think the following people would rate you as a listener? (0-100)

                    Your best friend     __________
                    Your boss                __________
                    A classmate            __________
                    A co-worker            __________
                    Family members    __________

Quiz #3

As a listener, how often do you find yourself engaging in these 10 bad listening habits? First check the appropriate columns. Then tabulate your score using the key below.

Listening Habit	Frequency					Score
	Almost Always	Usually	Sometimes	Seldom	Almost Never

Calling the subject uninteresting
Criticizing the speaker's deliver or mannerisms
Getting over-stimulated by something the speaker says
Listening primarily for facts
Trying to outline everything that's said
Faking attention to the speaker
Allowing interfering distractions
Avoiding difficult material
Letting emotion-laden words arouse personal antagonism
Wasting advantage of thought speed; daydreaming

Scoring for Quiz #3

For every "almost always" checked, give yourself a score of 2.
For every "usually" checked, give yourself a score of 4.
For every "sometimes" checked, give yourself a score of 6.
For every "seldom" checked, give yourself a score of 8.
For every "almost never" checked, give yourself a score of 10.

90-100 = Excellent
80-89 = Very Good
70-79 = Average
60-69 = Weak
50-59 = Poor