Matt Tenney

Sharing insights from his journey as a prisoner, monk, and social entrepreneur to develop great leaders.

Expert on

  • Personal Development
  • Inspirational
  • Performance Improvement
  • Leadership
  • Ethics / Integrity
  • Corporate Culture

Fee Range

$20,000–$25,000

Travels from

TN, US

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. 

 

Speaker Videos

SERVE TO BE GREAT: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A PRISON, A MONASTERY, AND A BOARDROOM

In this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt introduces the power of servant leadership through his story of spending 5.5 years confined to military prison for attempting a fraud against the US government, 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 a highly engaged, highly innovative, highly successful workplace culture.

The objective of this program is to develop leaders who are better able to:

  • Increase employee engagement
  • Attract and retain the smartest, most talented people in your industry
  • Create a culture that delivers world-class customer service
  • Create a culture that is highly conducive to innovation

SERVE TO BE GREAT: HOW BEING SELFLESS WILL HELP YOU SELL THE ROOF OFF

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:

  • Close more sales
  • Stop selling on price
  • Generate more referrals

ETHICAL ENLIGHTENMENT: INSIGHTS ON ETHICS FROM A PRISON, A MONASTERY, AND A BOARDROOM

In the age of social media, one instance of unethical behavior can tarnish a brand overnight, and have devastating effects on an organization. Is there a practical, realistic approach to prevent that from happening?

In this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt introduces powerful, evidence-based tools for achieving higher levels of ethics through his story of spending 5.5 years confined to military prison for attempting a fraud against the US government, 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.

Participants will walk away inspired to do the right thing even when it’s very difficult to do so. They’ll also be empowered with evidenced-based tools for actually making it happen.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Apply evidence-based tools for doing the right thing in challenging situations
  • See the connection between individual success and doing the right thing
  • Apply evidence-based tools for removing the root cause of unethical behavior