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JOHN’S BIO & BACKGROUND

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Bestselling Author, the World’s Top Executive Coach & the Founder of John Mattone Global (JMG)–one of the World’s Top 10 Coaching and Leadership Development Firms.

John Mattone is the world’s top executive coach and the Founder of one of the world’s top 10 coaching and leadership development firms, John Mattone Global. JMG is also an industry-leading executive coach certification company that provides International Coaching Federation (ICF) approved and accredited certification programs to coaches and leaders through its’ trademarked and licensed brand, Intelligent Leadership. John Mattone Partners, Inc. (JMP), owns an industry-leading 15 registered IP trademarks awarded by the USPTO.

For the fifth time in the past six years–2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024 the research organization, Globalgurus.org, recently awarded John Mattone with the prestigious world’s #1 coaching authority ranking followed by Peter Chee and Tony Robbins. He was also a finalist for the 2017 Thinkers50 Leadership Award recognizing the world’s top leadership authority and thinker.

John Mattone is the pioneer of Intelligent Leadership (IL), a transformative, results-oriented leadership growth philosophy and process that ignites, cultivates, and polishes an individual’s heart, mind, and soul in support of creating an exceptional leadership and cultural capability in an organization. The IL “Movement” began in 2010. Since then, the IL coaching system has transformed the lives of nearly one million people and impacted the success of thousands of organizations from every corner of the globe-55 countries to date.

Since 2017, John Mattone has personally coached and mentored over 750 global executive coaches and 45 of the world’s top CEO’s and government leaders. John Mattone is the former executive coach to the late Steve Jobs and the former legendary CEO of PepsiCo, Roger Enrico.

John is the author of ten books, including five best-sellers: Talent Leadership (2012), Intelligent Leadership (2013), Cultural Transformations (2016), The Intelligent Leader (2019), and The Executive Coach’s Handbook (2022).

John has a Bachelor of Science in Management & Organizational Behavior as well as a Master of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. He serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board (College of Sciences) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Hult International School of Business.

John Mattone and his family are paying it forward through two scholarships at the University of Central Florida: The John Mattone Endowed Graduate Scholarship Fund for Executive Coaching and Leadership (for Graduate students in Industrial/Organizational Psychology) and The Mattone Family Endowed Scholarship for Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Unmatched Thought Leadership, Passion & Authenticity from the Stage or Online

His thought leadership combined with his passion, energy and authenticity on the platform are described as “unmatched” and have earned him rave reviews from every corner of the earth, from the world’s top CEO’s and government leaders to corporate and government leaders at every level, and from serial entrepreneurs to start-up’s.

John has spoken at some of the world’s most prestigious business and leadership conclaves, including the World Business Forum and World of Business Ideas alongside the likes of Richard Branson, Steve Wozniak, Steve Forbes and other world leadership icons.

One of World’s Top Five Executive Coaching Certification Programs

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) has approved and accredited John Mattone Global’s Intelligent Leadership (IL) Executive Coaching Certification Program for an industry leading 192 Continuing Coach Education Units (CCE’s). Numerous sources rank JMG’s IL Coaching Certification Program as one of the world’s top five executive coaching certification programs. In addition to educating and certifying coaches to raise their game as executive coaches, JMG also teaches and certifies coaches on how to grow their brands and businesses utilizing its’ proprietary Intelligent Leadership Coaching Marketing Success System®: SalesMind Academy.

World’s Top Leadership Development Programs & #1 Executive Coaching Blog Since 2017

In 2015, John Mattone’s Intelligent Leadership, along with Tony Robbins’ Creating Lasting Change and John Maxwell’s 5 Levels of Leadership were named the three Top Advanced Leadership Development Programs that Change Lives. In January 2021, Industry ERA Magazine recognized John Mattone, JMG, and John’s newest company, Intelligent Leadership Online Academy (ILOA), LLC as the world’s #1 leadership development solution provider. In addition, John is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on corporate culture and culture transformation. Since June 2017, John’s executive coaching blog has continued to be ranked the #1 executive coaching blog and business coaching blog in the world by Feedspot.

“As in medicine, in the world of personal and leadership
development, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice.”

– John Mattone

John’s Proprietary Blueprint for Igniting Leadership Growth

John is the creator of the unique, powerful, and game-changing Intelligent Leadership (IL) Executive Coaching philosophy and process. Since 2012, John has used his proprietary coaching methodology with more than 50 global CEOs, top government leaders and professional athletes to help them become stronger, more effective, and vibrant leaders and people. John served as the executive coach to the late Steve Jobs, as well as to the former, legendary CEO of PepsiCo, Roger Enrico. John and his company, John Mattone-Global, Inc., are the owners of 10 registered trademarks awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including John Mattone^®, John Mattone Intelligent Leadership Certified Executive Coach^®, Intelligent Leadership^®, Intelligent Leadership Certified Executive Coaching^®, Mattone Leadership Enneagram Inventory^®, Strategic-Tactical Leadership Index-360^®, 5 Cultures of Culture Assessment (5CCA)^®, LeaderWatch^®, Intelligent Leadership Coaching International: Pioneered by John Mattone^®, and Intelligent Leadership Coaching Marketing Success System™.

Creator of Breakthrough Coach Development & Leader Development Assessments & Programs

John is the creator of John Mattone University (JMU), which offers the unique & game-changing Intelligent Leadership (IL) Executive Coaching blueprint for success – accredited by the International Coach Federation. Since 2017, John Mattone has personally mentored over 450 global executive coaches from 52 countries in his proprietary IL philosophy, process and tools. JMU also offers the 2.5 Day Intelligent Leadership Retreat, the C-Level Aspire Elite Mastermind, The Intelligent Leader 4-Day Mastermind Immersion, as well a series of award-winning virtual and online leadership development programs, including the 50 Laws of Intelligent Leadership Online Academy.

Giving-Back

Since re-launching his business in 2010, after 15 years of corporate life, John Mattone has been on a mission to help leaders, future leaders and organizations break through to become the best they can be. Perhaps the greatest testimony to John’s core purpose and the realization of his dream are his many philanthropic endeavors which include his creating an endowed scholarship fund in his name at the University of Central Florida where John graduated in 1980 first in his class with an MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology–The John Mattone Leadership & Coaching Scholarship that will be awarded annually to a deserving Master’s or Ph.D. student who shows great promise and potential in the field of coaching and leadership.

Best-Selling Author & World Recognized Leadership Authority

John Mattone has consistently been recognized by Globalgurus.org, Thinkers50, Forbes, CNN, LeadersExcellence, Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence Magazine, HR.com and many others as one of the world’s best executive coaches and speakers. He also serves on the executive MBA faculty at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches his enormously popular Global Leadership Assessment & Development (GLAD) course. Since 2011, over 500 EMBA students have personally been coached by John as part of this 3-credit course. He also serves on the faculty at ZfU International Business School in Zurich and is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of one of leading business schools in the world, the Hult International Business School.

John is the author of ten books, including four best-sellers: Talent Leadership (Harper-Collins, 2012-an Amazon Best-Seller), Intelligent Leadership (Harper-Collins, 2013-an Inc. Magazine and Amazon Best-Seller) and Cultural Transformations: Lessons of Leadership & Corporate Reinvention (Wiley, 2016), an Amazon #1 Best-Selling release in Human Resources and #2 in Management as well as an Inc. Magazine Best-Seller. His new release, The Intelligent Leader: Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Others and Leaving Your Legacy (Wiley, 2019) has been recognized by Forbes #1 Holiday Book; #1 Amazon Best-Selling New Release; Soundview Best Book of 2020; 64th Best Leadership Book of All Time-Bookauthority.org.

From 2011 to 2015, John was the co-author of one of the most respected studies of leadership and talent development in the world, The Trends in Leadership Development and Talent Management, which is published bi-annually by Pearson. John Mattone’s work has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fast Company, Businessweek, Inc. Magazine, MarketWatch, The Huffington Post, The CEO Magazine, ChiefExecutive.net, CLO Magazine, CIO Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Harvard Business Review, and many other respected global news outlets.

Coaching & Leadership Career Highlights

Consulted with more than 500 organizations and coached more than 200 global CEO’s, government leaders, royal families, high net worth individuals, and professional athletes.
Addressed over 1,000,000 people in over 2,000 speeches and seminars he has delivered in 35 countries across the globe.
Co-author of Trends in Executive Development & Talent Management Research Reports (Pearson, 2011 & 2013)
Author of the award winning The Role of Assessment in Driving Operating Results, published in Jac Fitz-enz’ book, “The New HR Analytics” (AMACOM, 2010)
Author of Predictive HR Leadership, published in Jac Fitz-enz’ “Workforce Intelligence Report” (2008).
Author of Talent Leadership: A Proven Method for Identifying & Developing High-Potential Employees (HarperCollins, 2012).
Author of The Intelligent Leadership: What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential (HarperCollins, 2013).
Author of Cultural Transformations: Lessons of Leadership and Corporate Reinvention (Wiley, 2016).
Author of The Intelligent Leader: Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Others and Leaving Your Legacy (Wiley, 2019).
Author of The Executive Coach’s Handbook: Secrets from the World’s Top Executive Coach (JMG, 2022)
Author of Powerful Performance Management (HarperCollins, 2012)
Author of Powerful Executive Coaching (HarperCollins, 2012)
Author of Succession Planning & Management (HarperCollins, 2012)
Author of Lessons in Leadership, Culture & Cultural Transformation (JMG, 2015)
Author of Success Yourself (MasterMedia, 1996)
Author of Positive Performance Management (National Press, 1996)
John has written over 1500 blogs and 500 professional articles; his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, CEO Magazine, CIO Magazine, CLO Magazine, Leadership Excellence Magazine, HR Executive Magazine, Entrepreneurs Digest (Singapore), Conocimiento Dirección (South America), and many others.
Written and performed in numerous audio and video programs, including Hiring & Performance Management, Focus on Success, The Essentials of Delegation, and the award-winning Street-Smart Supervision.

What Else About Me?

I am married to my incredible wife Gayle (we recently celebrated our 46th anniversary!). We have four adult children–Jared, Nicholas, Kristina, and Matthew who have given us the gifts of seven grandchildren. Gayle and I enjoy all sports activities, especially skiing and bicycling (we typically ride 80-100 miles per week). We travel frequently to visit our children who live in south Florida and Virginia and other family members in Boston, New York and North Carolina.

Coaching & Leadership Awards/Honors

Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as the world’s #1 executive coach and coaching authority (2024).
Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as one of the world’s top 10 leadership authorities and speakers (2017-2024).
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded John Mattone Global with an industry-leading 15 registered trademarks with three more currently under review (2019-2024)
Worldwide Research Reports and Statsdata recognized John Mattone Global as one of the world’s top 10 leadership coaching firms (2024).
Best Global Trainers ranked John Mattone as one of the world’s top five leadership speakers along with Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Robin Sharma, and Marshall Goldsmith (2024).
Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as the world’s #1 executive coach and coaching authority (2023).
Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as the world’s #1 executive coach and coaching authority (2021).
Trust Across America and Trust Across the World awards John Mattone the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award (2021).
Industry ERA Magazine recognized the John Mattone Global as the World’s #1 Leadership Development Solution Provider (2021)
Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as the world’s #1 executive coach and coaching authority (2020).
Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as the world’s #1 executive coach and coaching authority (2019).
Trust Across America named John Mattone one of Trust Across America’s 2019 Top Thought Leaders in Trust.
University of Central Florida (UCF) honors John Mattone with the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Psychology.
Since June 2017, Feedspot.com has ranked John Mattone’s blog as the #1 leadership coaching blog in the world.
Globalgurus.org recognized John Mattone, along with Marshall Goldsmith and Tony Robbins, as the top three coaching authorities in the world (2018).
Trust Across America named John Mattone one of Trust Across America’s 2018 Top Thought Leaders in Trust.
John was named as one of eight finalists for the prestigious 2017 Thinkers50 Leadership Award recognizing the world’s top leadership authority and thinker.
Globalgurus.org research organization has ranked John Mattone as the world’s #2 executive coach (2017).
Top 25 Leadership Blogs for Small Business (2017) by MP Star Financial.
Trust Across America named John Mattone one of Trust Across America’s 2017 Top Thought Leaders in Trust
CreditDonkey.com has named John Mattone’s Blog as one of the Top Leadership Blogs to read in 2017.
Couponmachine.in has named John Mattone’s Blog as one of the Top 40 Personal Development and Leadership Blogs in the world (2016).
The Association of Corporate Executive Coaches announces that John Mattone is the winner of the 2015 International Executive Coach Thought Leader of Distinction Award, in recognition of his work as a global executive coach and thought leader. With the award, he received an honorary lifetime MCEC, becoming one of only four global executive coaches who currently hold this certification.
Modernservantleader.com – John Mattone named one of top leadership experts to follow in 2015.
Skipprichard.com – John Mattone’s Blog named one of the Top 50 Leadership Blogs in the World
Globalgurus.org research organization ranked John Mattone as one of the world’s top twenty executive coaches (2015)
HR.com and Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence Essentials Magazine recognized John Mattone as one of the world’s leading independent leadership consultants (2014).
The Hult International School of Business, one of the world’s top ranked business schools, appointed John Mattone as a Distinguished Senior Fellow
Named by The Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC) as Master Corporate Executive Coach (2013).
Nominated for the prestigious Thinkers50 Leadership Award, which recognizes the global leadership thinker who has most contributed to our understanding of leadership (2013).
Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence Magazine ranked John Mattone the #33 independent leadership coach, consultant and speaker in world (2012).
Named by Leaders Excellence (an exclusive society of middle-level managers who possess C-level potential) as an Honorary Fellow in recognition of John’s accomplishments in research, teaching and his work as a top leadership consultant.
Topplanetlist.com named JMG’s blog as one of the top 27 business blogs in the world (2017).
In 2011 and 2015, Thinkers50 recognizes John as one of the world’s top 80 leadership and management authorities and thinkers.

“The most powerful leadership truth is that failure almost always precedes success,
yet the most powerful leadership irony is that success is often the first step to failure”

– John Mattone

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