Matthew Emerzian

There are some stories that simply stop us in our tracks. Stories are so meaningful that they send a ripple effect of positive impact that literally  transforms millions of lives. That is Matt’s story. That is what Making it Matter can truly do.

After achieving incredible success in the music industry working on projects for the biggest artists in the world, including U2, Coldplay, Avril Lavigne and more, Matt’s life changed one Monday morning when he woke up with a crippling panic attack that would set him on a course to change the world in ways he never would have expected.

Matt’s realization that everything he thought mattered all of the sudden didn’t, so he set out on a journey to rediscover life’s purpose and why he truly  matters. In doing so, Matt’s life took various twists and turns as he discovered that mattering is at the heart of everything we do, intentional or not, and requires a recalibration that helped him see more clearly, live on purpose, and change how he shows up in the world. This discovery led to the Mattering Mindset — a methodology that has transformed the lives of millions of leaders, businesses, and lives around the world.

In this grounded, impactful, and actionable keynote, Matt shares how to make purpose and impact tangible, that we are one discovery away from a life of true meaning, and that we all play an integral role in building the teams and organizations we dreamed of being a part of. His personal story and highly-interactive keynote will transform your people and organization forever.

Audiences will learn: 

• How to embrace a proven framework for inspiring individual performance, empowering team engagement, and advancing the greater mission
• The value of their role in creating a culture that promotes belonging, authenticity, and contribution
• Keys to owning the enormity of their choices and the impact they have on themselves, teammates, customers, and the company
• Why we need to redefine what’s possible in every aspect of their personal and professional lives and how to do it
• Strategies to deepen connection, trust, and safety across the team

In today’s dynamic business environment, creating a culture where every employee truly matters is the key to unlocking unprecedented potential and performance.

And while most people try to force this level of performance, Workplace Culture and Leadership Expert Matt Emerzian shares that optimized culture and performance exist when a team feel a deep sense of belonging, safety, collaboration, and contribution.  To connect deeply, to serve a greater purpose, and to be genuinely valued each person needs to feel that they matter. Matt shows them exactly how do to just that.

In this immersive and actionable keynote, participants will delve into how fostering a culture of mattering not only enhances employee wellbeing and engagement but also drives innovation, resilience, and sustainable success. Together, we can create cultures that people will never want to leave and will be inspired and empowered to foster and grow.

Audiences will learn:

• Specific tactics to boost belonging, safety, and trust
• A proven framework for driving value-based initiatives to systematically build a culture that matters
• To connect to their role in curating a culture that cherishes individual needs, improves individual team connection and performance, and honors the greater good
• How to better align them team and effortlessly boost engagement
• Keys to committing to real actions that creates lasting culture change

In today’s fast-paced, hyper-connected world, we’re witnessing an unprecedented rise in mental health challenges that, with the right guidance, can be mitigated and overcome. With burnout, anxiety, and poor well-being sweeping the nation, leaders today need a new playbook that helps them better equip themselves and their teams to these new and evolving challenges. This playbook is called The Mattering Mindset.

Matt Emerzian personally battled with these mental health and wellbeing challenges and has dedicated the last two decades to changing the conversation about mental health via his four best-selling books and his non-profit organization, Every Monday Matters (EMM). EMM serves over 4 million people through elements of the Mattering Mindset playbook where he helps every person he connected with understand that they matter and make a difference in the world.

Matt delivers a personal, interactive, and transformational keynote based on his experiences of working with countless individuals and organizations to create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and loved. He believes that profitable growth is only achieved through personal and professional growth. And, when people know how much and why they matter, everything in their life levels up.

Audiences will learn:

• How to strategically prioritize employee mental health and well-being through a culture of mattering without compromising performance and the bottom line
• A proven and actionable framework for reimaging the conversation and work around mental health and well-being
• Specific ways to address and prevent burnout by enhancing a sense of value, purpose, and care
• The impact of mental health and well-being on business growth and performance, and how to improve both
• How to embrace the opportunity to be the solution for human needs, all the while exceeding organizational goals

Matt is a 4x bestselling author and his work has been hailed by Oprah, The TODAY Show, Fast Company, and several other media outlets. He is also the founder and CEO of Every Monday Matters, a non-profit organization that is impacting millions of lives, and the creator of the Mattering Mindset™ Methodology.

Regardeds as the “thought leader of humanness,” Matt takes a fresh and human-centric approach to organizational challenges. He believes that our most basic human needs, like connection, community, purpose, meaningful growth, and more, are not being met, resulting in more anxiety, depression, loneliness, and a general feeling of unworthiness and uncertainty.

At the same time, companies are struggling too. They need a healthy workforce and, with good intent, are doing their best to ensure future of work environments that meet both human and business needs for growth and success.

But Matt believes we can do better. He believes that mattering is at the heart and intersection of human and business needs. Together, we can reconnect with our humanness and thrive in ways never thought possible.

Regarded as the “thought leader of humanness,” Matt takes a fresh and human-centric approach to organizational challenges. He believes that our most basic human needs, like connection, community, purpose, meaningful growth, and more, are not being met, resulting in more anxiety, depression, loneliness, and a general feeling of unworthiness and uncertainty.

At the same time, companies are struggling too. They need a healthy workforce and, with good intent, are doing their best to ensure future of work environments that meet both human and business needs for growth and success.

But Matt believes we can do better. He believes that mattering is at the heart and intersection of human and business needs. Together, we can reconnect with our humanness and thrive in ways never thought possible.