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 Speed of Quality Interactions
Matt used to run daily around a lake near his house. One day he saw a man rowing a boat, and by the following week, he was using it himself. That chance encounter turned into a decades-long friendship with a man named Peter, one Matt still lean...
Transcripts vs. Summaries
Most of what we say to each other is a transcript when what people actually want is a summary.In this episode, Matt breaks down the difference between transcribing an experience and synthesizing it, using a lesson he once learned from la...
Reinterpreting "Fighting Words"
Most of what feels like an attack is something else entirely: fear dressed up as aggression. In this episode, Matt unpacks why we're so quick to read hostility into other people's reactions, even when nothing personal is happening.Drawin...
The 5 Pillars of Executive Function: A Checkup for Decision-Making and Reliability
How well do you actually manage your space, time, relationships, affairs, and self? Most of us assume we have it figured out. This episode might change your mind.In this conversation, we unpack Matt Norman's five pillars of executive fun...
The Four Ways We Control Instead of Influence
Most leaders don't realize they're shutting the room down. They think they're solving the problem.In this episode, we break down Matt Norman's concept of the "Four Ds" — four communication habits that silently kill collaboration: being t...