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Business professionals spend over 60% of their day using the skill they're least trained in: listening.Effective listening does not just happen; it takes energy, practice, and skill.
For more than a decade,
SPECTRA has been developing listening tools and products to help develop essential listening skills for professionals.These products include books/booklets, and audio/video programs and listening tools/instruments.
Books & Booklets
Winning by Listening Around
Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D.
Larry L. Barker, Ph.D.
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Designed for team members, supervisors, managers, and executives who want to improve their listening skills. This 50-page booklet features field-tested, easy-to-understand tips that
readers can put into practice immediately. Divided into 21 brief sections. Each section can be read in 60 seconds or less.
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Winning by Listening Around
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WLA-01
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Listen Up!
Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D.
Larry L. Barker, Ph.D.
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Anyone who wants to be more successful at work or at home will find important, new advice in Listen Up. This ground breaking book explains:
- How to use the power of listening to gain what you want from any conversation.
- The four basic styles of listening.
- Why people tune out and how to hold their attention.
- How to listen across genders and generations.
- How to avoid misunderstandings and increase productivity by better listening.
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Listen Up! Softcover
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LU-PB
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Listen Up! Learning Activities
Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D.
Larry L. Barker, Ph.D.
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Thirty-eight activities designed to improve specific listening skills. With specific objectives for each learning activity, tools are categorized according to:
awareness; attending and perceiving; interpreting and comprehending; and assessing and responding.
Great to use after administering the Watson-Barker Listening Test.
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Listen Up! Learning Activities
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LU-01
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Audio & Video Tapes
WATSON-BARKER Listening Test (WBLT)
Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D.
Larry L. Barker, Ph.D.
with Patrice M. Johnson, M.A.
Charles V. Roberts, Ph.D.
Used successfully by universities and Fortune 500 companies, the WBLT assesses listening comprehension and measures five types of interpersonal listening skills:
evaluating message content
understanding meaning in conversations
understanding and remembering information in lectures
evaluating emotional meaning
following instructions and directions
 Discover participant abilities to follow instructions, remember key
ideas, understand lectures, understand interactions, and evaluate information. The WBLT's video format involves participants in realistic on-the-job listening and includes audio and visual stimuli and
various regional dialects. It simulates listening to televised messages as well as live interactions (no professional actors or actresses are used). .
WBLT Video Form C & D - Includes two videotapes (each requiring 40 minutes to administer), facilitator guide, and 20 self-scoring answer sheets.
WBLT Short Form - Taking approximately 20 minutes to administer, this format is ideal for short units on listening, creating incentive to listen more effectively, and demonstration purposes. (Note: the Short Form includes only four test items per section, so it cannot provide the
reliability and validity available with the longer version). Package includes videotape, facilitator guide, and 20 self-scoring answer sheets.
Additional Answer Sheets are available in packages of 50 and 100.
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Video C and Video D Package
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WBLT-01
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Video Form C Pre-test Package
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WBLT-02
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Video Form D Post-test Package
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WBLT-03
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WBLT Short Form
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WBLT-04
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50 additional Answer Sheets
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WBLT-05
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100 additional Answer Sheets
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WBLT-06
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