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Active Listening With Empathy: Soft Skills To Take Feedback (Udemy.com)

Active listening skills with empathy and emotional intelligence. Give and take feedback at work and personal life

Created by: Alex Genadinik

Last updated August 2026

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What you will learn

  • #1 Udemy course to improve your listening skills at DEEPER LEVELS by using EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE to truly understand others
  • Learn the latest scientific research about active listening and listening to non-verbal cues
  • Become better at reading people, be more attentive to people's needs, and gain empathy and compassion
  • Make every conversation MORE MEANINGFUL and productive
  • Become the person others turn to for thoughtful, solution-driven conversations
  • Learn to read between the lines and respond to unspoken needs
  • Give constructive feedback that people listen to
  • Have people think about and make changes based on your feedback
  • Receive feedback with clarity and truly understand what people are communicating to you at a deeper level
  • Build stronger, more productive relationships through better listening
  • Master listening as a critical leadership and career skill

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Course Description

You listen every day - now it’s time to learn active listening skills, and turn listening into a powerful advantage!

Make listening and understanding people a strength. Develop stronger bonds with others, and be more productive in your professional life, and more fulfilled in your personal life!


BECOME BETTER AT DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS LIKE TAKING FEEDBACK


This course teaches you how to give and receive feedback the right way, using the proven Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI) model. No more awkward or tense conversations.

Giving or taking bad, critical, or negative feedback at work or in your interpersonal situations can be difficult. Sometimes the conversation might even turn negative, and escalate into a conflict that is accompanied by negative emotions like anger, frustration, or even fear.

You’ll gain the skills to listen better, read emotions clearly, and handle difficult conversations with confidence. Instead of letting things go wrong, you’ll know exactly how to steer them toward positive outcomes. Master these techniques and notice the immense improvement in the quality of your relationships


LEARN ACTIVE LISTENING


Active listening is a technique that is used in counseling, training, and solving disputes or conflicts. It requires that the listener fully concentrate, understand, respond, and then remember what is being said. This is opposed to other listening techniques like reflective listening and empathic listening.


USE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO LISTEN AND CONNECT BETTER


When you listen, there is much more to the conversation than just what's being said.

You have to think about the other person's emotions and do your best to direct their emotions and yours.

By mastering body language, facial cues, and tone of voice, you’ll build stronger connections, avoid misunderstandings, and achieve better results in every interaction.


LISTEN WITH EMPATHY TO BUILD TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING


Active listening is about truly understanding what people are saying. It's the process of hearing together with thinking about what is being said. It's also about suspending your own biases so you can better understand the other person. To be truly listening, you must be mentally present in the moment, and understand how the other person feels and how the topic of conversation impacts the other person's life.

You’ll learn exactly how to achieve that effortlessly, so it becomes a part of your personality.


ACTIVE LISTENING IS NOT JUST A PROFESSIONAL SKILL, IT IS A PART OF KINDNESS


Truly listening takes a significant effort. We only truly listen if something is very important to us or when we are actively caring about the other person, and giving them our full care and attention.

When you practice active listening, you show kindness, build trust, and make others feel valued—all while strengthening your personal and professional relationships.


THE LIFE-CHANGING BENEFITS OF ACTIVE LISTENING


Most of us want to get better at talking. But the REAL power tool for influencing others, leading, collaborating, having an impact, and being an an-all-around-better person is active listening. While regular listening can look like being blank and silent, Active Listening is engaged, creative, and responsive. It’s impactful!

Gain both the internal awareness and external skillset that are the foundation of active listening. You will be able to have far more satisfying, interesting, successful conversations.


THE COURSE IS PRACTICAL, NOT THEORETICAL


This is not a theoretical course, you can immediately apply active listening in this course and see results.

Every lesson will give you practical ideas that you can apply in your next conversation.

These are the same listening techniques that I have applied in my professional life and that I have shared with my clients in coaching, and that you can apply too.


HOW LISTENING HELPS ME (AND HOW IT CAN HELP YOU TOO)


As a professional, I know I need to keep improving everything about my work. I am also aware of having blindspots. I am human, and I don't always understand all the ways I need to improve. No one knows every way they need to improve. But we can learn.

This is why we must listen to cues from other people and various situations in life. People don’t often tell us directly what they want or what they would like us to improve. With active listening every conversation becomes more clear!

When we listen to others about how we can improve, and when we read subtle cues, it makes us better long-term.


HARNESS THE POWER OF REFLECTIVE LISTENING


Reflective listening is a term that is often used interchangeably with active listening, but it means going a step beyond just listening, but also reflecting on what the other person might be feeling and going through. Reflective listening helps you reach a deeper level of empathy.


GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK WITH IMPACT


Active listening is a critical skill in the workplace, especially when it comes to feedback. When you’re leading a team, collaborating with colleagues, or discussing performance, you’ll often find yourself giving and receiving feedback.

Enroll to learn how to truly understand the other person’s perspective when receiving feedback, so you can respond constructively and grow from every interaction.


LISTENING REDEFINED: TAKE YOUR SKILLS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL


Yes, you already know how to listen, but this course transforms it into a life-changing skill. It’s most useful if you are leading a team, resolving conflicts, managing projects, or simply building better relationships. Active listening has an immediate impact.

You’ll be able to deal with tough feedback at work, read non-verbal cues in meetings, or truly understand a client’s needs—all with ease.

In just a few hours, you’ll master principles so simple yet powerful that anyone can apply them, no matter your current level of emotional or social skills.

This course is perfect for beginners but advanced enough to elevate even seasoned professionals.

It’s fast to learn, easy to implement, and relevant in every role.

Start today and see the difference active listening makes in your career and life.


DEVELOP YOUR SOFT SKILLS FOR BUSINESS


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Instructor Details

Alex Genadinik

One of the best teachers in the world because I teach with my heart. I help people get real results, many of whom have reached 7- and 8-figure businesses that I transparently showcase in my courses.


INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND


3-time bestselling Amazon author, 20 years of successful entrepreneurship experience. Passionate instructor caring deeply about helping students reach full potential.

A number of my books are used in major US universities and high schools.

My current professional interests include Emotional Intelligence and productivity. I am constantly exploring ways to accomplish more with less time.

Additionally, I am interested in SEO, digital marketing, and creativity.

Originally from Ukraine.


COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS


I go the extra mile to help students.

Education is more than acquiring knowledge or getting a job. True education is a beautiful experience, enriching your inner life while making your dreams a reality.

Invest in yourself, and give yourself the gift of elevating your life with world-class education, assisted by a caring and experienced instructor who supports you on your journey.


TEACHING AND COACHING HIGHLIGHTS


- 20+ time Udemy bestselling instructor.

- 10+ years of teaching experience.

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Reviews

4.6

9,326 ratings on Udemy

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By Antonio Gomes de Oliveira Filho on 8/31/2026

In theory, the training is excellent, but it remains to be seen how it will hold up in an environment of extreme pressure, with clients and management demanding results—and, above all, with fewer and fewer people on staff.

By Elza Fawzy on 7/26/2026

I like how the videos are correctly labeled and easily explained. I would love to have the last 10 seconds of the videos as review for the points discussed in them.

By Jay Everett on 7/9/2026

love the approach to help you get to real meaning in the communication. there's a lot of really good deeper-level information here.

By Daniel Ng on 3/8/2026

Alex, Good insights and a practical approach to dealing with others. The only part that was left a bit hanging was the lack of specifics on how to harness emotion as a strategy. Thanks!

By Catherine Campbell on 2/25/2026

I've heard much of this before, but I appreciate the way it's laid out, the detailed explanation of body language, and going into the cultural differences, neurodivergent differences, and how each person has individual communication differences as well. It's easy to forget all of that sometimes, and I work in a very diverse culture. I also live in one, although not as diverse as when I lived in Los Angeles, and it never hurts to be reminded of these things in a thoughtful way.

By Jagadeesh J on 2/4/2026

This course was genuinely helpful and easy to follow, with practical example that felt very real and relatable.

By Jeline Alexandra Co on 12/15/2025

I like how the speaker shares his personal experience. The humility to admit his mistakes from before makes the course very relatable. I love the candor,I get why our leader recommended this course. It's a reality check, thanks!

By ROSA DEL CARMEN LOPEZ on 12/10/2025

Knowing how to listen to opinions and points of view related to a topic is a necessary skill for the development of daily activities in order to develop the ability to discern in decision-making considering all available options.

By Jorge Rivera on 11/29/2025

Active listening is an indispensable tool in the workplace that allows you to connect better with your colleagues and clients.

By Karen Wiesner-Crump on 11/29/2025

The information covered in the course was very useful, very specific and presented professionally. One of the best things that was presented was the humanness of the presenter. When he showed personal examples from failure on his book in the manner in which he handled it really to present, the topic was wonderful. He truly showed that we all are human and that we can and do learn from our mistakes. For me these concrete examples really help me to remember and to understand the information that’s being shared.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100