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Matt Tenney

“Developing highly effective leaders who serve and inspire greatness in others.”
Speaker Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From:
Tennessee
Matt Tenney
Book Matt Tenney
Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee: $10,000 - $15,000

Matt Tenney Speaker Biography

Matt Tenney is the author of three leadership books, including the national bestseller Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process, and his inspiring TED talk has been viewed over 1 million times.

Since 2014, Matt has delivered programs that help develop world-class leaders, who improve engagement, retention, and performance, to hundreds of clients, including companies like Salesforce, T. Rowe Price, Roche, Marriott, Keller Williams, United Airlines, L’Oreal, Canon, and Signet Jewelers.

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Inspire Greatness: A Simple, Scalable Process for Consistently Bringing Out The Best In Your Team
In this highly engaging, highly practical keynote, bestselling author Matt Tenney introduces a powerful approach to leadership based on lessons learned from extensive research, consulting with hundreds of organizations, and his personal journey of going from prisoner to monk to social entrepreneur.

Through inspiring stories and case studies, you will learn a simple, 4-step process that any leader can follow to consistently drive high levels of performance and attract and retain top talent. This process can be easily scaled across an entire organization to help managers at all levels consistently bring out the best in their teams.
You’ll also walk away with a practical path to realizing deep meaning and fulfillment in your work as a leader, and inspired to make a positive impact on the lives of the people you lead.

Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom (60-Minute Keynote)

Increasing student engagement doesn’t have to be a tedious task. By applying the principles of servant leadership, a leadership style used by many of the most successful companies, increasing student engagement becomes an inspiring, enjoyable endeavor, and obstacles are more easily overcome.

In this program, Matt Tenney introduces student leaders to the power of servant leadership through his story of discovering the joy of a life devoted to serving others: the result of living and training as a monk for over 3 years while he was confined to military prison for arranging the unauthorized delivery of US Government funds.

The objective of this program is to empower student leaders with:

  • An understanding of why servant leadership is so powerful and how it helps increase studentengagement
  • Tools for becoming a better, more service-oriented leader
  • Tools, used by top companies like Google and Intel, for developing emotional intelligence/character

Serve to Be Great: How Being Selfless Will Help You Sell the Roof Off (60-Minute Keynote)

In this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt Tenney introduces the power of being selfless through his story of spending 5.5 years confined to military prison for arranging an unauthorized delivery of government funds, learning to be happy with nothing, living like a monk for over 3 years, and discovering the power of a life devoted to serving others.

Drawing on insights from his experiences as a prisoner, monk, sales team leader, and social entrepreneur you’ll walk away with powerful ideas and tools for developing the sales skills that result in closing more sales, generating more referrals, and enjoying coming to work every day.

After attending this program, participants will have proven tools to help them:

  • Build greater trust with clients
  • Close more sales
  • Stop selling on price
  • Generate more referrals

Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom (60-Minute Keynote)

In this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt Tenney introduces the power of servant leadership through his story of spending 5.5 years confined to military prison for arranging an unauthorized delivery of government funds, learning to be happy with nothing, living like a monk for over 3 years, and discovering the power of a life devoted to serving others.

Matt will show you how to improve your capacity for servant leadership, and how that shift results in greater success as a leader as well as greater happiness. Drawing on insights from his experiences as a prisoner, monk, and social entrepreneur, as well as from some of the best workplace cultures in the world, you’ll walk away with powerful ideas and tools for developing the leadership skills that result in highly engaged, highly innovative, highly successful teams.

After attending this program, participants will have proven tools to help them:

  • Attract and retain highly talented people
  • Increase the engagement levels of team members
  • Create a team culture that delivers world-class customer service
  • Create a team culture that is highly conducive to innovation
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“Probably the best speaker I’ve heard at any convention.”

Director of Sales, Conrad Hotels

“Matt is one of the best speakers I have heard. He shared ideas and tools that will certainly help our partners to more effectively lead their teams and achieve better business outcomes. He also presented in a way that was very inspiring, and helped make our retreat a truly transformational experience.”

CEO, EKS&H

“You are one of the best I have seen. The mannerism, style, approach, charisma, substance, delivery, examples you provided… First-class!!!”

Executive Vice President, Associated General Contractors of Kentucky

“Matt is one of the best speakers I have ever heard.”

Manager at Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau