Matt Norman Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie’s Lead with Influence teaches invaluable leadership insights by giving strategic guidance with practical application. Our people have advanced their careers with newfound confidence and impact. Highly recommend!

Gary Bridgewater

CEO, Baker Group

What gets in your way of connecting and influencing? Fear? Busy schedule? Anxiety? Lack of communication skills?

Matt Norman is President & CEO of Norman & Associates, which leverages Dale Carnegie training to develop the skills and habits to inspire others with confidence. Through sustainable, intentional growth, you can overcome what’s holding you back to lead a more impactful life, and make work more productive and humane. Start your leadership journey today.

Training

Increase your impact by building your confidence and communicating in terms of other people’s interests.

Coaching

Work individually or in a small group to establish a feasible path toward a desired leadership vision.

Speaking

Promote team engagement through keynote speeches and workshops that energize and motivate your team.

Alignment

Work together to set, communicate, align, and sustain the priorities that are most important to your vision.

Learning and Development: What’s Working Today

Based on hundreds of training and coaching projects over the last year, here are the top five trends I’m seeing in learning and development. Consider how implementation of these five ideas will ensure greater success in your personal or organizational learning efforts in the coming year.

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How to Build a Team that Sings Like a Choir of Angels

How to Build a Team that Sings Like a Choir of Angels

The all-girls chorus sang first in our recent high school choir concert. Their voices were beautiful as they harmonized in unity. If you closed your eyes, you’d think they were angels. But seeing them made me think that they probably didn’t all view themselves as...

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The 5 Top Personal Growth Trends in 2026

The 5 Top Personal Growth Trends in 2026

It’s been a tumultuous start to the year in geopolitics, tech, and capital markets. There’s no better time to think about how to improve ourselves so that we can improve the world around us. We can’t control much, but we can manage our attitude and determination to...

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Who Will You Be This Year?

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I would be a better version of myself if I were more consistent with some habits. Because of that, I’m joining millions of other humans this month in considering making a resolution for the year. James Clear, who is widely recognized as the author of the best book on...

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3 Qualities That Make You a National Champion

3 Qualities That Make You a National Champion

You should stop what you’re doing and watch this video. If you’ve already seen it, watch it again. That’s Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback of the Indiana Hoosiers football team, being interviewed after Indiana defeated Ohio State to win the Big 10 championship and...

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Why the Best Communicators Prepare for the Edge Cases

Why the Best Communicators Prepare for the Edge Cases

Last weekend, my wife and I had a simple disagreement. It should have been resolved quickly because we generally communicate well with each other. This time we didn’t. Something about this particular disagreement … this particular situation … in this particular moment...

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