Today I got a surprise confirmation of this. I received personal feedback that my personal skills and in particular active listening improved in the last four months (withou being prompted or primed about this). Made me quite happy. And I promptly applied the advice for receiving compliments:

Stop, absorb the compliment, let that show on your face, and thank them

From https://github.com/mgp/book-notes/blob/master/the-charisma-myth.markdown