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.
Audience Outcomes:
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.
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.
Focus:
Leadership in Ambiguity
Driving More Human Leadership
Leading Through Change and Uncertainty
Peak Performance
Why Mattering Matters in
Leadership
Great leaders don't simply manage performance. They create the conditions that make greater performance possible.
Leadership shapes how people experience work every day. Through their words, actions, and decisions, leaders influence whether people feel trusted, valued, supported, and empowered to contribute. Yet too often, leadership focuses on what people need to deliver rather than what they need to thrive. When leaders understand and intentionally shape these human experiences, they unlock greater potential, strengthen culture, and elevate performance.
The greatest opportunity in leadership isn't getting more out of people. It's creating the conditions that bring more out in them.
70%
Managers account for at least 70% of the variance in team-level employee engagement.
74%
Workers, managers, and executives say prioritizing human capabilities is very or critically important.
Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026
Deloitte, 2025 Global Human Capital Trends
“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
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"MATT'S KEYNOTE WAS CONSISTENTLY HIGHLIGHTED AS ONE OF THE STRONGEST PARTS OF THE DAY. LEADERS FOUND IT ENGAGING, RELATABLE, AND IMPACTFUL ACROSS A BROAD AUDIENCE. THE MOST COMMEN FEEDBACK WAS THAT THEY WANTED MORE."
University of Kentucky Healthcare Leadership Summit
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"MATT SHARES A MESSAGE THAT IS ORGANIZATION AND WORLD CHANGING. THAT BY LOVING OTHER PEOPLE WE CAN LEARN TO LOVE OURSELVES."
Vernon Sanders | Television Chief Executive
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" I GET TO WORK WITH SO MANY TALENTED SPEAKERS, BUT MATT WILL ALWAYS STAND OUT TO ME. WORKING WITH HIM WAS EASILY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR. I'D WORK WITH HIM AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT."
Kennedy Wells | Head Event Coordinator
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"BY FAR THE BEST PRESENTATION WE HAVE HAD IN YEARS."
Trilogy Health Services
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"A UNIQUE HUMAN BEING WITH A UNIQUE WAY OF CONNECTING—WHETHER WITH ONE PERSON OR A ROOM FULL OF 2,000."
Mark Lovett | Head of TEDx San Diego
KEYNOTE CLIENTS
Three unique keynote experiences designed to change the way you work.
Leadership
Creating the Human Conditions That Bring Out the Best in People
Performance
Transforming Human Potential into Organizational Performance
Workplace Experience
Turning the Weight of Work into Greater Meaning and Momentum
WHAT MATT BRINGS
PURPOSE. This work matters to everyone. It is not transactional.
EXPERIENCE. There is nothing experimental about this.
AUTHENTICITY. The real deal and one with your people.
EMPATHY. Deep care for people and organizations.
DELIVERY. Hit your goals & objectives.
HUMANNESS. Mattering is human-centric… and so are you.
TRANSFORMATION. It’s more than just inspiration.
CUSTOMIZATION. No two events or companies are the same.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP. A proven framework for mattering.
PARTNER. It’s never one and done. Real change happens together.
Workshops.
JACK IN THE BOX
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.
Experiences.
KIEHL’S
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.
Activations.
ZOOM
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.