This document discusses the behaviors and mindsets of trusted advisors. It outlines that trusted advisors understand communication is strategic, relationships matter, and it's important to consider others' perspectives. Trusted advisors focus on tasks, identities, and relationships in interactions. They are sensitive to others, ask questions, and pay attention to nonverbal cues. Trusted advisors also build powerful networks, deliver thoughtful feedback, manage expectations strategically, and carefully tend important relationships. The document emphasizes adapting communication styles to different audiences and considering how word choices can foster or undermine trust.