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Matthew Emerzian
For the past 15 years, Matthew Emerzian has been on a mission to create a world where everyone embraces how much and why they matter. He is the bestselling author of four books, a highly sought-after keynote speaker, having taken the stage for Zoom, Google, Outreach, HP, Jack in the Box, Chili’s, Genentech, Amgen, and more, and his work has been hailed by Oprah.com, The Today Show, Fast Company, and several other media outlets.
Matt is also the founder and CEO of Every Monday Matters (EMM), a non-profit organization that has impacted millions of lives. The EMM K-12 Education Program serves over 3 million students nationwide. The EMM Employee Engagement and Culture Program is changing the cultures of companies of all size. And the EMM Senior Living Program is bringing dignity and purpose to our senior population who deserves to know how much and why they matter.…
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Make it Matter: Creating the Human Conditions That Bring Out the Best in People (For Leadership)
Leaders are being asked to deliver more than ever—navigate constant change, embrace new technologies, build trust, retain great people, and drive performance in an increasingly complex world. But the greatest challenge of leadership hasn't changed: How do you bring out the best in people?
The answer isn't found in managing performance more closely. It's found upstream, in the experiences leaders create every day. How people experience their leaders shapes how they show up, how much of themselves they contribute, and ultimately how well they perform. Leadership isn't simply about directing the work. It's about creating the conditions that make great work possible.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines unforgettable storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for putting these ideas into practice. He challenges leaders to see their influence differently and gives them practical ways to use it.
Audiences leave with more than inspiration. They leave with a renewed sense of responsibility for the experiences they create and practical ways to bring out more of the potential in the people they lead.
Key Takeaways:
• Rethink what creates performance by looking upstream at the human experience of leadership.
• Understand what people need from leaders to contribute, grow, connect, and perform at their highest level.
• Build greater trust and stronger relationships through intentional everyday leadership behaviors.
• Unlock more human potential by creating environments where people can do meaningful work and make meaningful contributions.
• Lead with greater intention by recognizing the impact leadership has not only on what people accomplish, but on how they experience the work itself.Make it Matter: Turning Human Potential into Organizational Performance (For Performance)
Organizations invest heavily in strategy, technology, systems, and talent all in pursuit of greater performance. Yet even the most capable people don't consistently perform at the level of their potential. The question isn't whether the potential exists. It's what determines how much of it actually makes it into the work.
Performance doesn't begin with productivity. It begins with the experiences that shape how people show up, contribute, and perform. When people experience greater trust, purpose, connection, and growth, more of what they're capable of becomes available—to themselves, their teams, and the organizations they serve.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines compelling storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for unlocking human potential. He takes a subject often reduced to metrics and makes it personal, practical, and impossible to see the same way again.
Audiences leave with a new understanding of what creates sustainable performance and practical ways to unlock greater potential and contribution in themselves and those around them.
Key Takeaways:
• Rethink what creates performance by understanding the human experiences that turn potential into contribution.
• Recognize what unlocks human potential and what prevents people from bringing more of themselves to the work.
• Strengthen individual and team contribution by creating greater purpose, connection, trust, and ownership.
• Move beyond productivity alone to create the conditions for more sustainable performance.
• Turn more potential into performance by making human experience an intentional part of how work gets done.Make it Matter: Turning the Weight of Work into Greater Meaning and Momentum (For Workplace Experience)
People aren't showing up to work carrying only the demands of their jobs. They're carrying the weight of work and the weight of the world: constant change, uncertainty, new technologies, and lives that don't stop when the workday begins. The challenge isn't removing that weight. It's creating a workplace where people can carry it without losing their sense of purpose, connection, and possibility.
Culture, engagement, and well-being aren't created through programs or perks alone. They're shaped by the experiences people have every day. Those experiences don't just change how people feel about work. They change how people show up for it.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines compelling storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for creating more meaningful human experiences at work. He acknowledges the very real weight people are carrying while challenging everyone to recognize the role they play in shaping the experience of those around them.
Audiences leave feeling seen, energized, and hopeful with practical ways to strengthen connection, create greater meaning, and bring renewed intention to how they experience work and one another.
Key Takeaways:
• Understand the weight people are carrying and how it shapes the way they show up and contribute.
• Rethink culture, engagement, and well-being as outcomes of everyday human experience.
• Create greater meaning and connection by recognizing the role everyone plays in shaping the workplace.
• Restore hope and possibility without ignoring the real demands people face.
• Build greater momentum by helping people reconnect to themselves, one another, and the work they do.
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