23 September 2026

9/23/2026 Managing Up: How Next-Gen Leaders Earn Boardroom Trust

Leading Leaders Podcast with J Loren Norris

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Managing Up: How Next-Gen Leaders Earn Boardroom Trust

Young leaders often struggle to communicate up the chain of command, mistaking transparency for a license to vent or overshare. There is a fine line between proper professionalism or protocol and lazy status quo. There is a needed balance between permission to speak freely and realizing that idea NEW TO YOU may not be a new idea at all. Respect goes a long way and is best earned not demanded - on both sides.

The thing to remember on your way up the ladder is this: whoever got there first holds significant influence over your outcome. Keep that in mind before sawing the legs off the ladder you’re climbing.

Mentor Lens: Provide an execution blueprint for young executives on how to present solutions instead of problems, speak in the terms of stakeholder interests, and handle peer conflict directly.

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ABOUT J. LOREN NORRIS

J. Loren Norris is a John Maxwell Certified Coach, US Air Force Veteran, and the Founder of StoryPower Academy. With 30+ years of experience speaking to audiences of up to 40,000, Loren helps leaders and influencers tell better stories, better.

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