Leadership

Matthew has been formally trained as a leadership and communications trainer. Utilizing his 7 Criteria System – Honest, Trustworthy, Selfless, Self-assured, Reliable, Intelligent, Educated – he has developed a process that allows him to create customized leadership training solutions that brings the very best concepts and ideas together in a format that is both easy to understand and will stay with you, so you can create lasting change in your business.

Phone 403-671-3253 to start a conversation about the kinds of customized leadership training solutions Matthew can create for your company.

Creating a Personal Vision Statement

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What is a personal vision statement? A personal vision statement is the road map that guides us to the destination we have set for ourselves.  Just like a road map it helps us see further into the future than we …

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Six Steps to a Win-Win Result

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If your work or personal life is anything like mine there will be conflicts.  I remember one time as young boy in Australia watching my parents in a heated argument.  I started crying and ran off to my bedroom.  A …

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Recognition

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As a parent I know the importance of showing love to my children.  It’s one matter to love, it’s entirely another to show it consistently.  When I coach or train my clients I often ask the question, “Is it enough to …

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini As a life-long learner I’m always looking for new books to read.  Sometimes the books aren’t new to market, but they’re new to me.  This is one such book.  Written back …

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Communication Filters

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For the first time in a while someone had trouble understanding what I was saying, and it was a function of my accent.  After being away from Australia for the last ten and half years my accent has morphed into …

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Netflix Corporate Culture

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The presentation below is from Netflix and provides an interesting look at a different way of building a corporate culture. The seven aspects of the culture: Value what we value; high performance; freedom and responsibility; context, not control; highly aligned, …

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Incredible Customer Service

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When was the last time you went to get mechanical repairs or servicing done to your vehicle and came away raving about the experience? Probably never, right? Well, my wife had to get a new battery for our van last …

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Cleaning House

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Have you ever had the feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day?  It can be stressful. Often times it can be a result of having unfinished commitments or loose ends.  A loose end is an unfinished or incomplete commitment.  …

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Rewards and Motivation

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Are we motivated by rewards?  Conventional practice would say “yes”, but science would say otherwise. In the laboratory, rats are rewarded with food.  In the classroom the top students are rewarded with A grades, and in the workplace, the best …

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Goldcorp Case Study

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A fascinating story about turning conventional wisdom on its head and how a business profited from utlising the brain-trust of the whole world. In January 1848, a work crew at John Sutter’s mill, near Sacramento, California, came across a few …

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