It is essential for leadership to understand their role in process safety performance, how to lead, and how to positively influence to result in the optimal culture required to excel. It is necessary for the workforce to trust and work with leadership for communications to flow and actions to get accomplished. The presentation "Leadership's Influence on Process Safety Management Performance" gives real world examples of key principles of leadership in action to influence process safety performance. It illustrates the importance of leadership's commitment and actions. The presentation was delivered at the 2026 SAFETEMBER conference in Hyderabad, India.