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:

• Summary

• Introduction

• Graphs

• Detailed narrative interpretation

• List of Strengths an Limitations

• Advice

 

Factors and Scales:

Overall Score plus 2 factors, divided into 7 scales:

 

• Physical Attentiveness: Use of verbal and non-verbal language to indicate attentiveness.

• Mental Attentiveness: Mentally “tuning-in” to a speaker, and being willing and able to offer undivided attention.

• External Distractions: Ability to pay attention despite background noise.

• Conversation Flow: Tendency to interrupt or otherwise disrupt conversation flow.

• Speaker to Listener Transition: Level of comfort with being the listener rather than speaker.

• Body Language: Use of body language to convey interest and attentiveness.

• Internal Distractions: Ability to pay attention despite internal conflict.

• Attention Span: Ability to pay attention to a speaker for an extended period of time.

• Hearing a Person Out: Ability to listen with an open mind.

7 scales:

• External Distractions

• Conversation Flow

• Speaker to Listener Transition

• Body Language

• Internal Distractions

• Attention Span

• Hearing a Person Out

 

APPLICATION:

• Pre-employment

• Training tool

• Professional/Skills development