
John Mattone
Bestselling Author, the World’s Top Executive Coach & the Founder of John Mattone Global (JMG), one of the World’s 10 Coaching and Leadership Development Firms.
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"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. We look forward to welcoming him back again very soon."
"Company culture and leadership are 2 subjects which will never get obsolete. John Mattone‘s sage but, still very fresh view on both was in many ways eye opening for me. John was entertaining and inspiring the whole day. Hats off!"
"Exceptional day with John Mattone at the Prague Castle talking about how ‘Vulnerability, Alignment and a Must do attitude with gratitude for the opportunity to touch lives’ is a tenet of great leadership. John was engaging, educative & entertaining with a touch of Robert de Niro in his style."
"I would like to express my profound gratitude for your participation that was key in our 3rd Sustainability Congress. Your participation and insights were very enriching for our staff, as well as for our attendees. It was a pleasure having you with us and I hope to see you again soon!"
"John Mattone was the Keynote Speaker at 19th Annual Management Centre Turkey Human Resources Summit in Istanbul on February 12th, 2014. Speaking in front of 2000 attendees, John was an amazing speaker who engaged the audience with his incredible passion. His presentation influenced all the attendees and gave them a whole new perspective on Talent Management. His international knowledge easily distinguishes him. He has an excellent work ethic and we look forward to working with him again in the near future."
"Mr. Mattone is a masterful speaker who engages and captures his audience and shepherds the exploration of undiscovered aptitudes. He delivered his powerful message with unmatched style, which impacted me deeply. He created an enduring awareness of my inherent talents which I continue to use to fuel my personal and professional growth."
"I strongly recommend John Mattone as a thought expert and speaker in the area of leadership development and talent management. John possesses incredible insights, and a unique perspective, with regards to cultivating talent within an organization. Moreover, John is a highly engaging speaker and presents these concepts in a new and refreshing way. Thank you John for all your support and we look forward to a continued relationship with you in the future."
"John. You were simply an overwhelming hit. We found your presentation revealing, motivating and entertaining. Your unique style provided a refreshing perspective on effective Talent Management and its practical application in business today. When I summarized our conference and mentioned your name , the audience erupted into thunderous applause. If planning a conference or event where you want to share extraordinary information with excitement, I give John Mattone my highest recommendation."
"Dear Professor John, We would like to thank you for delivering an excellent seminar to our senior executive team! Everyone enjoyed and benefited from this event! We will advise you soon for our next event which will be related to leadership coaching. Again, thank you!"
"John Mattone was the keynote speaker at the 2011 annual leadership symposium of the South African Further Education & Training Initiative (SAFETLI). We hired John because of his international exposure to leadership development and his expertise in addressing CEO’s and senior executives. John’s three speeches over two days were highly informative, dynamic and fun! We were honoured to have John Mattone address our group."
"We hired John Mattone to address our association of CEO’s from the greater Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Our group has seen every speaker on every topic imaginable throughout the years and our group is demanding. John Mattone’s presentation was the highest rated ever. He has a unique ability to deliver a powerful message in a fun and effective manner."
"When it comes to professional speakers–you have no peers. You gave our leaders the inspiration and knowledge to overcome their own internal obstacles and roadblocks to becoming their absolute best–and you were able to achieve this goal in a sincere and humorous way."
"John is able to deliver a powerful message, but in a funny and logical manner. He motivates people with his dynamic yet, sincere, style…a year later, both our executive and employee groups reference John Mattone’s presentations as being the most important step we have taken to unleash our individual and collective talents…."
"We found John Mattone to be a powerful speaker. His message and content was thought provoking, inspirational and he gave our team useful tools and ideas that could be implemented immediately…"
"John Mattone is one of the best, if not the best, speakers in the field of human resource management. We hired John multiple times at my previous company and he always delivered leading edge thoughts and ideas–in an incredibly energizing and fun way…"
"Attending John Mattone’s “Strategic Succession Management” was a rewarding experience. The work I do as a Regional HR Manager gave me insight into what I needed to develop for my Company. John’s program offered me the ability to go back and create a succession program that I presented to the senior executive team. It was well accepted….so, thank you John for providing me with the knowledge and expertise to succeed…thanks!"
"We are writing to highly recommend John Mattone as a speaker who can increase any audience’s brain activity. We had the privilege of attending his training session on “Succession Management” and his program was not a flash-bang-wow forget it tomorrow session, but one that caused us to stop and think–with plenty of substance and energy. Our overall evaluation was outstanding and John Mattone did a fantastic job–we highly recommend him."
"John Mattone’s dynamic personality, true interest in his clients, terrific sense of humor, and human capital expertise make him one of the most in-demand and electric speakers in the talent management field. Having him present four times for a previous company I was affiliated with, I can say his evaluations were exceptional and he was a delight to work with."
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John Mattone's 2025 biography
John Matton: Changing The World One Leader, One Organization at a Time®
John Mattone is the world’s top executive coach and the founder of one of the world’s top 10 coaching & 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, resultsoriented 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 rganizations 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.
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.
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.
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.
Coaching and 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 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 Dirrecion (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 awardwinning Street-Smart Supervision.
Coaching and 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.