Lead With Influence
Lead with Influence is about influencing positive change — in yourself, your relationships, and your leadership. Hosted by executive coach Matt Norman, each episode distills insights from decades of experience helping people communicate with impact, lead with humility, and build trust across differences. These short, thoughtful reflections will help you grow in self-awareness, develop emotional intelligence, and show up more powerfully in your work and life.
Lead With Influence
Latest Episodes
The ROI of an Others Orientation
Modern leadership is quietly being shaped by a powerful undercurrent: the pull toward self.In this episode, we break down Matt Norman’s argument that cultural narcissism, social media, and performance-driven environments are conditioning...
The Weight of the Future
Why does the future feel so heavy, even when nothing has happened yet?In this episode, we unpack Matt Norman’s article “The Weight of the Future” and explore how anticipating what’s ahead can quietly drain our energy and focus.<...
The Architecture of Delivery: Communication Strategies for Strategic Influence
In this episode, we explore why how we say something often matters more than what we say.We unpack how tone and delivery can either build trust or quietly dismantle it, especially in high-stakes professional conversations. Rather than de...
Why Your Brain Fears Meaningful Work
In this episode, we explore why we tend to avoid the very things that could move our lives and careers forward. We unpack a real-world example of avoiding networking and how that pattern was broken—not through motivation, but through structure ...
The Weakest Posture in an Interaction
In this episode, we explore why defensiveness is the weakest posture we can take in an interaction. Drawing on a real moment from a city council presentation, we show how quickly credibility and trust can erode when someone reacts with frustrat...