Hey, it's Dave from Coaching for Leaders. Today I'm bringing you a quick chat about how to get better at really listening. I sat down recently with one of our academy graduates, Bill Mayo, to talk about what he did to begin listening better.

Here's our conversation.

I'm talking today with Bill Mayo.

Bill is an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy and also a plant foreman in the natural gas

business.

And Bill, I'm so glad to have here.

Thanks for taking the time for this chat.

Dave, thanks for allowing me to come on here and visit with you. I'm so looking forward to

this conversation and just exploring some of the things that you've done, particularly around

listening, because you've made so many really cool shifts in the last year on how you show up as a leader.

Before we get into that, though, would you share with folks a bit of just who you are and a bit

about your role and your organization?

Sure, sure, Dave.

So like you said, I'm Bill Mayo.

I'm the plant foreman for a natural gas company here in the East Texas area.

We trade natural gas and send it throughout the homes here in the eastern part of the United States.

Cool.

You came across the podcast at some point in the not too distant past.

How did you come across the podcast?

Do you recall?

I do. So I had been through an interview process here at work. There was a potential promotion. And I was not the successful candidate, but the vice president of our company was quick

to give me some great feedback, which was I was lacking in leadership skills and the fact

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