Active Listening for Agile Adventurers

• What active listening is, and why it’s valuable
• How to apply the 3 steps of Active Listening
• Two easy tips to gauge your success immediately
• One simple tool to make Active Listening a habit

15 micro-learning modules, 3-6 minutes each, 1.5 hours of content and interactive activities. Examples include games to reinforce your learning as you go, quizzes, and Socratic questioning where you fill in your responses to interactive learning questions like “What are you “Best Hopes” for ways Active Listening can improve your relationships? ” Each lesson shows you a summary of your responses, and invites you to take specific actions that have real meaning for you.

What’s unique about this course is:

• You get to learn through storytelling, by following the story of “Agile Adventurer Ana” – why she wants to learn Active Listening, what’s at stake for her, what’s holding her back, and how she beats the odds
• Fun, practical ways to actually acquire the skill, not just a theoretical description
• Scenarios, simulations, sample language to use and practical approaches like a buddy system and step-by step guides
• Certification with the EQ Agile Academy

• A desire to better connect with others and enjoy high quality relationships, in both your personal and professional lives
  • This applies especially during this time of “The Two Pandemics: Covid and Racism”
• Curiosity about how to increase your emotional intelligence in practical ways
• A desire to “up” your ability to be and do agile

• Anyone wanting to improve the quality of your professional and personal relationships
• People who want to better connect with others, especially during the social isolation time of the panademic
• Agile practitioners at any level

Kelly Fidei, PhD, helps people discover the best in themselves, then hold themselves accountable to that. She’s passionately committed to creating virtual learning that’s fun, usable and practical. She leverages adult learning and cognitive science to create learning experiences where people actually acquire the skill vs. just learning about it theoretically. Kelly holds over ten industry certifications through The International Coaching Federation (PCC), Scaled Agile Framework (SPC 5.0), Scrum Alliance (SM), Coaches Training Institute (PCCC), Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSCC), Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching, Hogan Certified Assessor, IC Agile (Instructor), Agile Coaching Institute and the Center for Non-Violent Communication.

If you’re ready to blow past blockers and explore your best hopes, let’s get started!