Ask Questions and Listen with Presence

5 online workshops
25th of September, 09th, 23th of October, 06th, 20st of November 2025

Take your professional conversations into the highest level!

Hi and welcome:

While you are reading this sentence, I assume that you wish to know more about our online program "Ask Questions and Listen with Presence"..

First of all, I dearly wish to thank you for your interest. I am John Bax, the main facilitator of the program.

Looking back on my professional development path I can still remember the quote “relationships between people are defined by the way they interact’.

In your job you will interact with different clients, managers or co-workers in different situations on different topics. But what stays the same is the fact that the quality of any interaction is very much influenced by the way you ask questions, listen to the answers and respond to them.

If you participate in this online program, you will get to know, understand and be able to apply questioning and listening skills that will take your professional conversations to the highest level.

Just have a look at the timeline and short description of the 5 online sessions below and check how much they appeal to you. And if they do, push the subscribe button, and we will meet at the first session 😊!

John Bax - trainer

John Bax, trainer

What are the topics?

25th of September
SESSION 1 – SMALL TALK

How to:

  • open a small talk confidently and invitingly
  • listen attentively to verbal and non-verbal cues
  • build on what others say
  • summarize and paraphrase effectively
  • revive a fading conversation gracefully
09th of October
SESSION 2 – INFORMATIVE TALK

How to:

  • prepare what information you need
  • ask targeted questions to get needed information
  • listen actively with purpose
  • request clarification and specification
  • avoid vague or ambiguous understanding
23th of October
SESSION 3 – PROBLEM SOLVING DISCUSSION

How to:

  • create a collaborative problem-solving atmosphere
  • ask analytical and constructive questions
  • listen without bias or interruption (cleanly)
  • avoid discussion to become a debate
  • ask solution- and action-oriented questions
06th of November
SESSION 4 – IDEA GENERATING DISCUSSION

How to:

  • facilitate creative interaction
  • ask positive open generative questions
  • listen in an energizing and open-minded way
  • support idea elaboration and divergence
  • avoid or neutralize creativity blockers
20st of November
SESSION 5 – INTEGRATION SESSION

How to:

  • adapt questioning and listening strategies, techniques and types to various real-life situations and switch between them when the moment asks for it

Why participate?

APPROACH:

You will participate in 5 online sessions, each consisting of the following 3 sections:

  • a preparation of programmed self-study to elevate your level of knowledge and understanding of the specific skills (= WHAT & WHY)
  • a practice section of online group-exercising to enhance your level of applying what you already know and understand (= HOW & WHAT IF)
  • a follow-up section of self-training to support your level of integrating all you learned into real-life situations (TRANSFER OF LEARNING)

Before each online practicing section, you will receive the theory of the WHY, WHAT, WHEN and HOW regarding the specific skills to be trained and mastered, including illustrative examples, videos and articles.

At the beginning of each online practicing section there will be a short assessment of your knowledge and understanding regarding the skills to be practiced. If needed a short update will follow to close eventual gaps.

At the end of each online practicing section there will be a take-away inventory and a presentation of the assignments to be executed before the next session.

LOGISTICS:

5 preparational assignments before each session (knowledge & understanding)

  • 5 online interactive practicing sessions (skill & creativity)
  • Estimated total time investment for the 5 preparational assignments: 7.5 hours
  • Total time investment of the 5 online interactive practicing sessions: 12,5 hours
  • Number, duration and frequency of the online sessions: 5 sessions of 2.5 hours, one session every 2 weeks
Structure of the online sessions:
  • Opening of the session
  • Introduction of the specific skills to be practiced during the session
  • Check-in assessment
  • Variety of practicing exercises
  • Inventory of the highlights
  • Check-out assessment
  • Assignments as a preparation for the next session

Price package

Fee per person

495

€/person

NOT SATISFIED, MONEY BACK guaranteed

25% off first subscription

371

€/person

NOT SATISFIED, MONEY BACK guaranteed

For any further details about the event, please contact us at any time by email contact@quicklearn.ro or by phone at: +40 728 177 247.

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