Matt Tenney
Author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom.
Fee Range
$15,000Travels From
Nashville, TN, US
Matt Tenney
Biography
Matt Tenney is a social entrepreneur and the author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom. He is also an international keynote speaker, a trainer, and a consultant with the prestigious Perth Leadership Institute, whose clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies. He works with companies, associations, universities, and non-profits to develop highly effective leaders who achieve lasting success by focusing on serving and inspiring greatness in the people around them. Matt envisions a world where the vast majority of people realize that effectively serving others is the key to true greatness. When he's not traveling for speaking engagements, he can often be found in Nashville, Tennessee.
Matt Tenney
Featured Keynote Programs
Serve to Be Great
Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom
In this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt Tenney introduces the power of "servant leadership" through his story of spending 5.5 years confined to military prison for arranging an unauthorized delivery of government funds, learning
to be happy with nothing, living like a monk for over 3 years, discovering the power
of a life devoted to serving others, and co-founding and leading two non-profits.
Matt will show you how to improve your capacity for servant leadership, and how
that shift results in greater success as a leader as well as greater happiness. Drawing
on insights from his experiences as a prisoner, monk, and social entrepreneur, as well
as from some of the best workplace cultures in the world, you’ll walk away with powerful ideas and tools for developing the leadership skills that result in highly engaged, highly innovative, highly successful teams.
After attending this program, participants will have proven tools to help them:
- Attract and retain highly talented people
- Increase the engagement levels of team members
- Create a team culture that delivers world-class customer service
- Create a team culture that is highly conducive to innovation
Serve to Be Great
How Being Selfless Will Help You Sell the Roof Off (Sales)
Description: In this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt Tenney introduces the power of being selfless through his story of spending 5.5 years confined to military prison for arranging an unauthorized delivery of government funds, learning to be happy with nothing, living like a monk for over 3 years, discovering the power of a life devoted to serving others, and co-founding and leading two non-profits.
Drawing on insights from his experiences as a prisoner, monk, sales team leader, and social entrepreneur you’ll walk away with powerful ideas and tools for developing the sales skills that result in closing more sales, generating more referrals, and enjoying coming to work every day.
After attending this program, participants will have proven tools to help them:
- Build greater trust with clients
- Close more sales
- Stop selling on price
- Generate more referrals
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