About Oscar Trimboli: Oscar Trimboli is an award-winning author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening, and a sought-after keynote speaker. His third book is How to Listen – Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication, a comprehensive book about listening in the workplace. Along with the Deep Listening Ambassador Community, he is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners in the workplace. Through his work with chairs, boards of directors, and executive teams, Oscar has experienced first-hand the transformational impact leaders can have when they listen beyond words. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Oscar Trimboli discuss: The organizational cost of incomplete listening and misaligned understanding Hearing versus listening and why action is the differentiator How role-based seniority correlates with roughly 2.5x more interruptions in meetings The cognitive delta between speaking, thinking, and listener processing Practical tools for improving meeting outcomes, collaboration, and decision-making Key Takeaways: Begin meetings by asking “What would make this a good meeting?” to align shared outcomes and reduce unspoken assumptions. Surface communication and listening preferences early to remove ambiguity and improve contribution equity. Write questions down first, shorten them to eight words or fewer, and verify that they serve the shared outcome rather than personal validation. Shift default meeting norms: avoid top-of-hour starts and shorten durations to reduce cognitive switching costs and increase presence. "I think a lot of leaders listen to what's said, and great leaders listen to what's not said.” — Oscar Trimboli Connect with Oscar Trimboli: Website: https://www.oscartrimboli.comBooks: https://www.oscartrimboli.com/shop/ & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Oscar-Trimboli/author/B07R9RP1XZLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscartrimboli/
About Oscar Trimboli:
Oscar Trimboli is an award-winning author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening, and a sought-after keynote speaker. His third book is How to Listen – Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication, a comprehensive book about listening in the workplace. Along with the Deep Listening Ambassador Community, he is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners in the workplace. Through his work with chairs, boards of directors, and executive teams, Oscar has experienced first-hand the transformational impact leaders can have when they listen beyond words.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Oscar Trimboli discuss:
Key Takeaways:
"I think a lot of leaders listen to what's said, and great leaders listen to what's not said.” — Oscar Trimboli
Connect with Oscar Trimboli:
Website: https://www.oscartrimboli.com
Books: https://www.oscartrimboli.com/shop/ & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Oscar-Trimboli/author/B07R9RP1XZ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscartrimboli/