Matt is the founder of the Global Thought Leaders Movement and creator of the Million Dollar Expert Program ™. He is the author of 5 books including Thought Leaders and his latest Sell Your Thoughts.

Born in Newcastle in 1968 he studied applied science at NSW University. He has managed pubs, run fitness centers and conducted health education programs in some major NSW prisons. He was the director of education for A.C.H.P.E.R fitness leader courses for several years and was the master trainer for Step Reebok throughout the ASIA pacific. In 1993 he was recognised as the Australian Fitness Leader of the year. He built and sold Australia’s first personal training studio. As Matt says though that was a lifetime ago.

With the launch of his international best seller The Chemistry of Success Matt was launched as a corporate conference speaker and for most of the 90’s he delivered more than 100 presentations a year to audiences packed to the rafters. During this time the meetings industry recognised Matt several times as one of the top 10 speakers in Australia. He still speaks to this day but now delivers a sensible 30 or so speeches. Just last year he spoke in New Orleans to 30,000 people and in Tokyo to more than 14,000 under simultaneous translation to receive a 3-minute long-standing ovation. The international speaking community recognised him as one of the 25 most influential people in the speaking profession.

Since 2001 Matt has dedicated the majority of his time to building Thought Leaders Global. Thought Leaders is a network organisation with staggering growth and revenue projections. It delivers a curriculum that helps clever people be commercially smart and is built around a leadership team of mentors (50 strong at time of writing in 5 countries). The community of cross category, multi disciplinary thinkers come together to have inspired conversations that ‘rock the planet’. The level of conversation and quality of thinking when the community comes together is magnificent.

Keynote Topics

The Thought Leadership Imperative

How clever people become commercially smart
The world has changed fundamentally in the last 10 years and dramatically in the past 6 months. A subtle shift in power and information accessibility has flipped the models for leadership in the organisational and entrepreneurial arenas. We are seeing crowded marketplaces, information overwhelmed clients and a massive loss of trust in the media.

These trend indicators all point to a new way to lead in business and life as a Thought Leader. In this keynote Matt explores what Thought Leadership looks like in your world and how you can rise above the blandness of a cluttered marketplace and build differentiation by what you know and leveraging commercially.

The Inspired Leader

A 21st century look at motivational leadership
Winning hearts and minds has always been the leadership imperative. Today’s new leaders need new techniques to increase engagement. Your team demands inspiration and leading thinking from their organisations top people.

Organisations that succeed have leaders and teams that are inspired by what they do and what their work stands for. We used to be about systems, process, structure and hierarchy. We now see an emerging requirement for inspirational, creative thinking, consultative styles and effective partnering.
It’s this lit up quality of great leaders that sets them apart. Culture, employee engagement and delivering results are all built on the foundation of an inspired organisation. Motivation is intrinsic; no one gives it to you. Inspiration is the invitation to join those who amp up, make a difference and do great things.  The ability to be lit up and light up others is more science than art. You can learn it. It becomes a habit, a choice.

The Chemistry of Success

A lifestyle platform for success and fulfillment.
A chemical drives every feeling you have, if you can find the chemical, you can fix the feeling.
Anyone wanting to succeed in life or business knows that what happens in you can affect what happens around you. The Chemistry of Success is a highly entertaining session looking at the internal physical drivers of peak performance. This presentation is based on Matt’s international best-sellers ‘Highlife 24/7’, ‘Adrenalin Junkies’ and ‘Serotonin Seekers’.

This is the perfect presentation to run in the tough time-slots. A hung-over crowd, an exhausted crowd or a skeptical crowd all respond brilliantly to this presentation.

A highly engaging and entertaining keynote relevant for everyone!