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
The Simple Starting Point for Broader Influence
Here we talk about the power of remembering and using names as a foundational element for building influence and fostering genuine connections referencing personal anecdotes, such as interactions with Costco employees as well as public figures known for this practice, like sports columnist Sid Hartman. This simple act of attentiveness to others, inspired in part by the Dale Carnegie Course, transforms transactional relationships into friendships, ultimately broadening one's ability to persuade and gain support. The remembering of names is a virtuous act that enhances both personal well-being and professional effectiveness, advocating for its implementation in daily life to achieve positive change.