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The podcast about Effective Communication in Business
Better communication skills will advance your career and business. Are you ready to enhance your understanding and results from better communication? Listen and learn how to deliver Your Intended Message.
Are you willing to cross-examine communication from various perspectives? Would you like to deliver your intended message more effectively?
Listen to Your Intended Message to gain a powerful advantage in your ability to convey your message to your audience, team, clients or marketplace.
Learn from the mistakes and success of communication experts from around the world from different scenarios.
The better communicator has the competitive advantage.
Imagine what that means to you when you improve the success of your next conversation, presentation or message.
Your Host - George Torok
Episodes
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
The Missing Leadership Skill: How to listen for Real Results
Listening for Oppportunity, Danger and Challenge
Episode 285 (Julian is based in the Orkney archipelago northeast of Scotland)
In this conversation with Julian Tresure we explore:
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why listening is a learnable skill rather than a personality trait
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the difference between hearing and conscious listening
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how personal filters shape what people hear
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why senior leaders often struggle most with listening
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how validation changes difficult conversations
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the impact of poor listening on organizational culture
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why diversity of opinion matters more than agreement
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how listening supports better decision-making in times of change
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About our guest Julian Treasure:
Julian Treasure is an author and international speaker on sound and communication skills. His five TED talks have been viewed over 150 million times and his book “How To Be Heard” won both Audie and SOVAS awards for best business audiobook. His company The Sound Agency has been helping major global brands to improve their sound since 2003.
Learn more about Julian and his programs at
https://www.juliantreasure.com/
Books by Julian Treasure
https://www.juliantreasure.com/books
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Key learning points
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listening is a learnable skill, not a natural talent
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most people significantly overestimate how well they listen
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listening is the foundation of effective communication
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every person listens through unique filters shaped by experience and emotion
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strong emotions reduce the ability to listen well
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listening becomes more difficult as people gain seniority and authority
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organizations suffer when leaders avoid listening to bad news
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validation is essential for productive dialogue and healthy relationships
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diversity of opinion strengthens decision-making and resilience
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listening helps leaders detect opportunity, danger, and challenge
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Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We’ll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self.
In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.
Your host is George Torok
George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He’s fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.
Connect with George
www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com
https://superiorpresentations.net/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/
https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills
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