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COMMUNICATION-CORE5 MIN READ

Read the Listening Ladder in the Incident Review

Interpret the active-listening sequence and identify the step that should precede sharing a recommendation in an incident review.

Ana is ready to recommend a monitoring change, but Miguel is still explaining customer confusion from the outage. Use the ladder to time her response. Active listening ladder before the BLUF Pay attention Focus on words, tone, and body language Step 1 of 6 Withhold judgment Do not argue or solve while they are still defining the issue Step 2 of 6 Reflect concern Name the concern in neutral language Step 3 of 6 Clarify ambiguity Ask what is ambiguous or missing Step 4 of 6 Summarize issue Check the shared issue before moving on Step 5 of 6 Share…

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