HIGHLY-INTERACTIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL
KEYNOTES
Building Better People. Building Better Projects
Construction companies don't struggle to measure performance. They struggle to create it. Schedules can be tracked. Safety can be measured. Quality can be inspected. Productivity can be reported. But measuring performance and creating it are two very different things.
Today's construction leaders face labor shortages, rising safety expectations, tighter timelines, and relentless pressure to do more with fewer people:
83% of construction workers report experiencing moderate to high stress.
The industry is expected to need more than 500,000 additional workers to meet demand.
The highest-performing construction organizations understand that exceptional projects are built by exceptional people. And exceptional people perform at their best when leaders create the human experiences that allow them to thrive.
Select one of Matt’s three keynote experiences (listed below) to help you move the need on leadership, performance, and workplace experience.
CONSTRUCTION KEYNOTE CLIENTS
1
Make it Matter: For Leadership
Creating the Human Conditions That Bring Out the Best in People
Leaders are being asked to deliver more than ever—navigate constant change, embrace new technologies, build trust, retain great people, and drive performance in an increasingly complex world. But the greatest challenge of leadership hasn't changed: How do you bring out the best in people?
The answer isn't found in managing performance more closely. It's found upstream, in the experiences leaders create every day. How people experience their leaders shapes how they show up, how much of themselves they contribute, and ultimately how well they perform. Leadership isn't simply about directing the work. It's about creating the conditions that make great work possible.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines unforgettable storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for putting these ideas into practice. He challenges leaders to see their influence differently and gives them practical ways to use it.
Audiences leave with more than inspiration. They leave with a renewed sense of responsibility for the experiences they create and practical ways to bring out more of the potential in the people they lead.
Key Takeaways:
Rethink what creates performance by looking upstream at the human experience of leadership.
Understand what people need from leaders to contribute, grow, connect, and perform at their highest level.
Build greater trust and stronger relationships through intentional everyday leadership behaviors.
Unlock more human potential by creating environments where people can do meaningful work and make meaningful contributions.
Lead with greater intention by recognizing the impact leadership has not only on what people accomplish, but on how they experience the work itself.
“EVERY AUDIENCE WE PUT HIM IN FRONT OF HAS WANTED MORE. THAT IS A GIFT FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK IN THE EVENT BUSINESS.”
Drew Hagen | Co-Founder & Chief Culture Officer
2
Make it Matter: For Performance
Turning Human Potential into Human Performance
Organizations invest heavily in strategy, technology, systems, and talent all in pursuit of greater performance. Yet even the most capable people don't consistently perform at the level of their potential. The question isn't whether the potential exists. It's what determines how much of it actually makes it into the work.
Performance doesn't begin with productivity. It begins with the experiences that shape how people show up, contribute, and perform. When people experience greater trust, purpose, connection, and growth, more of what they're capable of becomes available—to themselves, their teams, and the organizations they serve.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines compelling storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for unlocking human potential. He takes a subject often reduced to metrics and makes it personal, practical, and impossible to see the same way again.
Audiences leave with a new understanding of what creates sustainable performance and practical ways to unlock greater potential and contribution in themselves and those around them.
Key Takeaways:
Rethink what creates performance by understanding the human experiences that turn potential into contribution.
Recognize what unlocks human potential and what prevents people from bringing more of themselves to the work.
Strengthen individual and team contribution by creating greater purpose, connection, trust, and ownership.
Move beyond productivity alone to create the conditions for more sustainable performance.
Turn more potential into performance by making human experience an intentional part of how work gets done.
“MATT’S PASSION AND VISION UNLEASH POTENTIAL.”
Cammie Cannella | SVP Global Education and Customer Experience
3
Make it Matter: For Workplace Experience
Turning the Weight of Work into Greater Meaning and Momentum
People aren't showing up to work carrying only the demands of their jobs. They're carrying the weight of work and the weight of the world: constant change, uncertainty, new technologies, and lives that don't stop when the workday begins. The challenge isn't removing that weight. It's creating a workplace where people can carry it without losing their sense of purpose, connection, and possibility.
Culture, engagement, and well-being aren't created through programs or perks alone. They're shaped by the experiences people have every day. Those experiences don't just change how people feel about work. They change how people show up for it.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines compelling storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for creating more meaningful human experiences at work. He acknowledges the very real weight people are carrying while challenging everyone to recognize the role they play in shaping the experience of those around them.
Audiences leave feeling seen, energized, and hopeful with practical ways to strengthen connection, create greater meaning, and bring renewed intention to how they experience work and one another.
Key Takeaways:
Understand the weight people are carrying and how it shapes the way they show up and contribute.
Rethink culture, engagement, and well-being as outcomes of everyday human experience.
Create greater meaning and connection by recognizing the role everyone plays in shaping the workplace.
Restore hope and possibility without ignoring the real demands people face.
Build greater momentum by helping people reconnect to themselves, one another, and the work they do.
“WE’VE WORKED WITH MATT FOR OVER 7 YEARS. HE CONTINUES TO BE A GAME CHARGER FOR US.”
Kathy Quintana | EVP & COO
WHAT YOU GET
PURPOSE. This work matters to Matt. It is not transactional.
EXPERIENCE. There is nothing experimental about this.
AUTHENTICITY. Matt is the real deal and one with the people.
EMPATHY. Matt cares deeply for people and organizations.
DELIVERY. Hitting your goals & objectives matters to him.
HUMANNESS. Mattering is human-centric, and so is Matt.
TRANSFORMATION. It’s more than just inspiration.
CUSTOMIZATION. No two events or companies are the same.
THOUGHT LEADER. A proven framework for mattering.
PARTNER. It’s never one and done. Real change takes time.
“LET’S OPERATIONALIZE PURPOSE, CELEBRATE CONNECTION, AND CURATE CULTURES THAT TRANSFORM YOUR PEOPLE & COMPANY.”
MATTHEW EMERZIAN
Workshops.
Drive the Mattering Mindset™ Methodology deeper into the DNA of your culture through a variety of engaging, human-centered, and thought-provoking workshops. Workshops are designed as keynotes or breakout sessions, booked as a series or individually.
(Click video above to watch a highlight video from a workshop Matt led for Jack in the Box leadership team at Jack HQ.)
Experiences.
Matt and the Every Monday Matters™ Experience Design team create and curate experiences grounded in connection, belonging, and team building. Experiences are custom built to meet the specific needs of our clients, but they are all transformational.
(Click video above to watch the inspirational experience Matt curated for the Global Ambassador team at Kiehl’s post his keynote.)
Activations.
Bring creative, interactive, and transformational activations to your next event or campus to experience mattering firsthand. Each activation results in a meaningful artifact (video, physical installation, etc.) to keep and share internally and externally.
(Click image above to see the giveback activation Matt organized for the Zoom post his SKO keynote, creating 1,500 inspirational bags.
IN GOOD COMPANY
THE MATTERING MINDSET™
For nearly 20 years, Matt and the Experience Team at Every Monday Matters™ (EMM), the organization he founded, have developed and implemented The Mattering Mindset™ methodology to drive personal, organizational, and social transformation:
Over 250,000 books sold
Over 3,000 corporate experiences created & communications delivered
Over 200,000 employees impacted
Over 5,000 free K-12 lesson plans used by over 18,000 educators and 3 million students produced
Over 1,000 hours of Professional Development for educators, staff, and families delivered