Lead With Influence

Matt Norman
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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.

  1. قبل يومين

    How Good Leaders Accidentally Damage Teams

    To foster trust and psychological safety, leaders must avoid volatility, unpredictability, and reactivity. These behaviors cause others to become guarded and anxious. By practicing self-regulation, you create a non-anxious presence that encourages open communication.

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    5 Corporate Survival Skills for 2026

    In this episode, Matt Norman breaks down five key professional development trends shaping leadership in 2026 and why personal agency matters more than ever in an unpredictable world. You’ll hear why decision-makers increasingly want to hear directly from experts, not intermediaries, and what that means for executive presence and communication. Matt also explores the tension between efficiency and engagement, offering insight into how leaders can drive performance without burning out their teams. The conversation goes deeper into influencing across the matrix, leading without formal authority, and building credibility through collaboration. Matt then tackles one of today’s most urgent leadership skills: non-reactive communication, and how calm assertiveness can transform difficult interactions. The episode closes with a forward-looking take on leading change, from adopting AI to choosing optimism and ownership in the face of societal and organizational shifts. Whether you lead people, projects, or ideas, this episode offers a practical lens on how to grow in 2026 and beyond.

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    Building Identity Not Just Habits

    In this episode, Matt Norman explores identity-based habit formation and why it works better than traditional goal setting. Instead of chasing outcomes or rigid processes, Matt argues that lasting growth starts with changing how we see ourselves. You’ll hear why defining the type of person you want to become creates a stronger foundation for meaningful change, and how small, consistent wins help reinforce that identity over time. The conversation reframes habits as proof of character rather than tasks to complete, offering a practical way to grow amid shifting personal and professional demands. If you’re rethinking goals, growth, or who you want to be next, this episode invites you to focus inward—and build change that lasts.

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    Emotive Deflective Cooperative Championship Leadership

    What does championship-level leadership actually look like in real life, under real pressure? In this episode, Matt Norman breaks down a post-game interview that says far more about leadership than football. After Indiana’s historic win over Ohio State, quarterback Fernando Mendoza’s raw, unscripted reactions reveal three qualities that consistently show up in the strongest leaders. Matt explores why being emotive in how you describe success, deflective with credit, and deeply cooperative in how you frame teamwork creates trust, alignment, and resilience. These aren’t personality traits or motivational slogans. They’re signals that a team is unified, process-driven, and capable of performing when it matters most. Whether you’re leading a company, a team, or a community, this episode offers a simple but demanding blueprint for what national-champion leadership really looks like — and how to cultivate it where you are.

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    Preparing Communication for Edge Cases: The Ultimate Test of Trust

    In this episode, we break down why the rare, high-pressure moments in our relationships—our “edge cases”—reveal more about us than all the easy conversations combined. Borrowing a concept from product development, we explore how couples, colleagues, and teams often skip the hard preparation because it feels uncomfortable or unnecessary. The result: small conflicts escalate fast. We unpack the optimism bias that keeps us assuming everything will work itself out, the illusion that agreement equals real communication, and why we avoid testing emotional boundaries until they break. Most importantly, we argue that edge cases aren’t just points of failure. They’re moments of truth. They expose character with high fidelity, strengthen trust, and offer a roadmap for deeper connection—if we’re willing to prepare for them.

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    Time-Restricting the Four Horsemen of Reactivity

    In this episode, Matt Norman explores how limiting your engagement with “The Four Horsemen” — productivity, achievement, measuring up, and connectivity — can transform your mental, emotional, and physical health. He shares how setting daily and weekly “reactivity fasts” creates space for rest, presence, and renewal, much like time-restricted eating or the Sabbath. By treating reactivity limits as a keystone habit, Matt reveals how intentional rest can spark a chain reaction of healthier, more balanced living.

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    Balancing Short and Long-Term Action

    In this episode, Matt explores the ongoing tension between urgent demands and long-term priorities—and why so many leaders struggle to balance both. Drawing from his post “The 4 Ways to Balance Short and Long-Term Action,” he shares lessons from manufacturing supervisors who get stuck managing daily output instead of investing in coaching, feedback, and process improvement. Matt reveals how mindset and identity—especially your sense of control and optimism—determine whether you act as a Fatalist, Cynic, Idealist, or Entrepreneur. He introduces the Future Investor Matrix and outlines three powerful “anti-mindsets” that foster Positive Action: Anti-Cynical: Believe your actions matter.Anti-Idealist: Stay realistic and resilient.Anti-Fatalist: Remain curious and adaptable.Learn how to build an entrepreneurial mindset that helps you think long-term, lead with optimism, and create lasting impact amid short-term pressures.

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    Reactivity Kills Relationships and Influence: The Antidote of Differentiation

    Inspired by Matt Norman’s article “What to Avoid When Building Relationships and Influencing Others,” this episode explores how reactivity—our instinct to defend, blame, or panic—undermines trust, credibility, and influence. Through a powerful story of two colleagues who respond to stress in very different ways, we see how staying calm and grounded can transform outcomes. Drawing on psychologist Edwin Friedman’s concept of differentiation, the discussion reveals why the ability to manage yourself, stay centered, and lead with intention is the true mark of influence.

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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.

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