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Book a JMG SpeakerWhat to Expect from a John Mattone Global Speech, Event or Retreat
John Mattone Global (JMG) delivers powerful, high-impact keynotes and executive retreats through its elite global bench of Master and Master Elite Executive Coaches. Personally trained and certified by John Mattone.
While John continues to deliver select keynotes and retreats in person worldwide, organizations also benefit from JMG's ability to deploy world-class facilitators at scale. Each grounded in the Intelligent Leadership® methodology and proven across Fortune 500 companies, governments, and global institutions.
The result: consistent excellence, tailored delivery, and transformational impact, anywhere in the world. Learn more about our approach to leadership speaking and what sets JMG apart on every stage.
Our Top Priority at Every Event
Whether it's a keynote for 5,000 or an intimate executive retreat, every JMG engagement is built around three commitments.
For the Client & Meeting Planner
To make them a hero. To have the audience and top management rave about their choice of speaker. To raise a good meeting to great, and a great meeting to magical. To be so good the audience forgets any small problems. To be invited back by popular demand.
For the Participants
To make them laugh and learn at the same time. To give them tools that improve their personal and professional lives. To deliver an educational experience unlike any they've had before, and to get them to say, “This is the best speaker I have ever heard.”
For Your Organization
To exceed every expectation so your organization sees measurable, lasting results. To gather insights about your people and culture, and to feed those back for future development. To build a relationship that drives ongoing impact.
Speaking Highlights
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Intelligent Leadership Keynotes & Workshops
Each program is designed to deliver transformational insights that inspire immediate action and lasting change.
The Intelligent Leader
Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Yourself and Others in an AI World
In today's fast-paced AI business world, we find ourselves in a conundrum: regardless of the incredible technological advancements the world has seen and experienced in the past decade, all businesses still require (and will demand) superior leadership, outstanding talent, and a culture that is positive, differentiated, and highly engaging. This powerful keynote is based on John's bestselling book and delivers actionable insights for leaders navigating the future of work.
Key Elements
- Think Different; Think Big
- The Power of the "Vulnerability Decision"
- Leveraging "Gifts" and Addressing "Gaps"
- The Courage to Execute as the Instigator to Agility in Learning and Innovation!
- Possessing the "Duty Mindset"
- Being Vigilant
- Knowing Your Gifts and Being Proud to Leverage Them
- Knowing Your Weaknesses and Having the Courage to Address Them
- The 4 Values that Will Bring You Success and Happiness
- The Best Predictor of Your Future Is Not Your Past
Intelligent Leadership
What You Need to Know to Unlock & Unleash Your Potential
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! This powerful program is based on John Mattone's Inc. Magazine/CEO Read bestseller, Intelligent Leadership. John will teach you the principles that make him the man that leaders and future leaders trust.
Key Elements
- Your "Inner-Core" Drives Your "Outer-Core"
- Character Determines Your Destiny
- Your Legacy as a Leader is Determined by the 4 A's: Achievement; Altruism; Affiliation; and Abundance
- It's Not About the Leader You Want to Become; It's About the Leader You Must Become
- What I Learned Coaching Steve Jobs: Lessons Learned
- You Can and Must Create Your Compelling Future
IGNiTE Your Inner-Core
LiVE the Life You Deserve
What makes John Mattone's approach to leadership and helping people achieve lasting life success so unique is his focus on helping people develop what he calls their "inner core," which requires that they get in touch with their deeper purpose, strengthening their character, and clarifying their values. This sets his philosophy apart from the many leadership and life development approaches that try to "steal first base" by skipping over this critical foundational work.
Key Elements
- It's Not About the Person You Want to Become; It's About the Person You Must Become
- The Power of Being Vulnerable
- Knowing Your Gifts and Being Proud to "Explode" Them
- Knowing Your Weaknesses and Having the Courage to Address Them
- The 4 Values that Will Bring You Success and Happiness
- The Mindset of "Duty" versus "Entitlement"
- The Best Predictor of Your Future Is Not Your Past
Transforming Culture
The Road to Reinvention & Renewal
In this power-packed program, based on John Mattone's Amazon and Inc. Magazine 2016 Bestseller, Cultural Transformations, John reveals the critical steps that must be planned-out and executed for any organization to create and sustain a renewed, winning culture that engages, inspires, and unleashes talent in support of driving breakthrough results.

Key Elements
- Research and Latest Thinking: Leadership, Talent & Culture are "Leading Indicators" that Predict Sustained Operating Success
- Roadmap of Cultural Transformation to Align with Company Vision, Mission & Purpose
- What is Culture
- The 5 Cultures of Culture
- Transforming Culture: The 6 Critical Steps
Intelligent Leadership for Millennials
The Next Generation of Leaders
Organizations all over the world are hiring millennials for their incredible learning ability, talent and drive! Millennials all over the world are hungry for more and ready to do whatever it takes. This program equips the next generation with the leadership frameworks they need to succeed.
Key Elements
- Response-ABLE Leadership: Everything You Do Matters
- Lead from Within: Igniting Your Character
- Sharpen the Saw: Competence Hierarchy
- Overcome the Fear of Commitment
- Become Legacy-Driven: Start with the End in Mind
What You'll Receive
Every JMG keynote and program comes with materials designed to extend the impact long after the event ends.
- ✓A custom introduction tailored to your event
- ✓Handouts from presentation slides or a multi-page workbook
- ✓Articles for your in-house newsletter or magazine (on request)
- ✓Books and assessment instruments
- ✓Pre-Program Questionnaire (PPQ) to tailor content to your audience
- ✓Easy, direct access to the speaker before your event
Our content is simple, practical, and easy to remember. Audience members regularly report using the ideas from a JMG program months later. Attendees won't just learn; they'll walk away energized and ready to take action.

Game-Changing Impact
“John Mattone understands that truly great leadership always starts on the inside. More than that, John is a master of helping people discover and cultivate their innate leadership potential through advice that is both practical and profound.”
“John Mattone has helped some of the world's most influential leaders. And he can do the same for you, if you let him.”
“John's leadership framework is both elegant in its simplicity and profound in its depth. If you have a genuine desire to dive deep, ask hard questions, and do what it takes to achieve your potential as a leader, John will equip you well for the journey.”
“My work with John Mattone has had great results and a huge impact on me, my team and our organization. Simply amazing!!”
“John Mattone provides a very fresh perspective on leadership, and as he always does, making it practical, actionable, and learnable.”
“John delivered a great keynote presentation! He was incredibly engaging, full of energy and enthusiastic...and he gave the 3000 in attendance actionable game-changing ideas.”
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