Business experts agree that listening is a vitally important skill.Top executive spend even more time listening than other employees.A study of chief executive officers'communication showed that they spend at least 65 percent of the working day listening to someone.Another piece of research revealed that managers almost constantly ask questions of their subordinates;in a half-hour conversation, some ask literally hundreds. Business experts agree that listening is a vitally important skill. Top executive spend even more time listening than other employees. A study of chief executive officers’ communication showed that they spend at least 65 percent of the working day listening to someone. Another piece of research revealed that managers almost constantly ask questions of their subordinates; in a half-hour conversation, some ask literally hundreds