THE CONVERSATION YOU'RE AVOIDING IS COSTING YOU

Hi, I’m Mathew.

For nearly 30 years, I made a living having conversations. As an award-winning radio and television host, I spent more than 55,000 hours talking with people from every walk of life. Those years taught me something I now bring to stages and organizations across the country:

The conversations we have shape what happens next. So do the ones we avoid.

Today, I’m a keynote speaker, author, communication expert, and organizational listener who helps leaders and teams uncover what’s going unsaid, understand what’s keeping people stuck, and move forward together.

At the center of my work is AIRCHECK, my signature organizational diagnostic and methodology for listening to what’s really happening, diagnosing what’s getting in the way, and turning that clarity into action.

I’m also the author of GO FIRST: How Better Conversations Change Everything, a book about finding the courage to have the conversations we’d rather avoid.

Away from the stage, I’m a husband, dad, hockey guy, longtime community volunteer, and unapologetic music fan whose playlist can jump from Prince to the Beastie Boys without missing a beat.

After all the years and all the conversations, I still believe something pretty simple:

When something needs to change, somebody has to go first.