On this episode of the active CEO
Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Oscar Trimboli about how Deep Listening
benefits performance, being a student of people, going beyond the first
context, leadership identity, and managing people at Microsoft and Vodafone. We also discuss the five
levels of listening, the art and science of listening, the barriers to listening,
and teaching a hundred million people how to listen.
Oscar Trimboli – Deep Listening Performance
Oscar is a leader who loves
experiential learning, connecting people to their passions and creating impact
beyond words. We go deep into the world of listening as “every human wants to
be listened to, yet what they crave is to be heard”.
He has an MBA Marketing from
the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, a Graduate Diploma International
Company Directors from the Australian Institute of Company Director, an Organisational
Coaching Cert 3 – Institute of Executive Coaching & Leadership, and is a
Gallup Strengths Coach.
His career has involved
sales, business development and marketing roles at Peoplesoft, Professional
Advantage, Vodafone, Microsoft and Polycon. At present he is a speaker, author
and mentor with Oscar Trimboli Pty Limited and head of coaching faculty for The
Marketing Academy Australia.
Oscar talks about:
- How going to school with 23 nationalities taught him
to be open to different ideas. - Using “Tell me more” to explore what you are hearing
a little bit deeper. - Managing Dyscalculia’s and always being a student of
people. - Developing Microsoft protégé for graduates at
Microsoft. - Teaching a hundred million people how to listen.
- How do leaders take a long-term perspective while
delivering on short-term results. - How do leaders have the presence of mind not to
react always? - What’s the legacy you really want to leave when you
are no longer on this planet? - On a quest to create one hundred million deep
listeners in the world. - ”If you can’t achieve your goal in your life time
then it is ambitious enough to chase.” - Getting listening into school teacher curriculum.
- All the great disasters are beautiful examples of
the lack of listening. - The biggest myth about listening is to be focused on
the speaker. - I speak at a 125 words at a minute, you listen at
400 times a minute. - We listen in black and white and listening in colour
is what deep listening is all about. - We cant listen to anybody else unless we a clear and
available. - Silver is putting away all the distractions, gold is
to learn to listen what is not said at the Listening Olympics. - Crucial element of communication, we never ask for a
second opinion. - Why is listening implied in education rather than
being taught?
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Own Your Own Space – If you have one
skill and you are really strong at it, it can be easily copied allowing a
competitor to get a step ahead in your space. If you stack your skills you can
own your own space, get a step ahead of your competitors, be the authority and
be the expert in your field.
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“Use metaphors, analogies and stories because it
connects with the most innate emotions in humans. Yet most leaders will talk
about KPIs, performance benchmarks, dashboards and everybody will fall asleep.”
The power of stories as a leader with Oscar Trimboli, on the
active CEO Podcast.
Resources Mentioned in this show:
Oscar Trimboli www.oscartrimboli.com
Listening Myths www.listeningmyths.com
Oscar Trimboli Blog
Oscar Trimboli LinkedIn
Oscar Trimboli Twitter
Oscar Trimboli Podcast
Oscar Trimboli Facebook
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Recommended Reading:
Deep Listening Oscar Trimboli
Breakthroughs Oscar Trimboli
125-400 Rule: The Art & Science of Listening Oscar Trimboli
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