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What if your biggest leadership risk is the information nobody is telling you?

As leaders become more senior, something unexpected can happen: they become worse listeners.

And when people stop bringing you bad news, challenging your assumptions or telling you what they really think, your ability to lead growth starts to suffer.

In this episode of the Partnership Playbook, Phil Hayes-St Clair welcomes back communication expert Julian Treasure for a powerful conversation about leadership, listening and the human skills behind successful partnership growth.

You'll discover how to:

1. Identify your leadership blind spots using Julian's simple but revealing "bad news test".
2. Reduce conflict and accelerate alignment using PAVE, a practical framework for handling disagreement.
3. Build stronger teams and partnerships through deliberate listening, better questions and more effective communication.

Whether you're a CEO, founder or growth leader, this conversation challenges how you think about one of your most important leadership capabilities.

Explore Julian Treasure's work and resources:

• Julian Treasure's website: https://www.juliantreasure.com/
• Master Conscious Communication, Julian's platform for developing listening, speaking and presenting skills: https://www.juliantreasure.com/master-conscious-communication

Listen to the episode and discover three practical changes you can make to become a leader people genuinely want to communicate with.

The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

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