Matt Rolfe

Matt Rolfe

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Business Development Expert And Hospitality Leadership Coach

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MATT ROLFE BIOGRAPHY

Matt Rolfe is a coach, speaker, and entrepreneur recognized for mentoring the top ten percent of the hospitality industry. With over 17 years of experience, Matt Rolfe is driven by a mission to cultivate excellence in leadership and team development. Currently, Matt Rolfe leads a coaching practice dedicated to guiding leaders toward clear focus and impactful actions that resonate with their teams. His approach blends innovation with core values, creating environments where diverse perspectives thrive and align with collective goals.

As the founder of multiple hospitality-focused companies, Matt has built peer-to-peer communities, provided tailored coaching, and delivered engaging talks at major industry conferences. Matt Rolfe has worked with hundreds of leadership teams throughout North America, focusing on new business development and key account management. For Matt Rolfe, every interaction is an opportunity to equip leaders with the tools for success and fulfillment in the dynamic world of hospitality.

Beginning his career with leading beverage brands, Matt Rolfe developed deep insights into the industry’s dynamics. His expertise lies in helping hospitality leaders unlock their true potential through strategic team-building and leadership development. His goal is to enable high-performing leaders to build unified teams, communicate effectively, and implement growth-focused strategies.

His insights are captured in his book You Can’t Do It Alone, which focuses on scaling businesses through people-centered solutions. The book provides actionable strategies for restaurant leaders to build strong teams, manage growth, and achieve long-term success. He has become a sought-after keynote speaker, sharing his expertise with major brands and hospitality conferences across North America.

Matt lives in Toronto with his wife Lindsay, their two children, and their golden retriever.

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Matt Rolfe Related Content

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You Can't Do It Alone
You Can't Do It Alone
You Can't Do It Alone: Focusing on People to Scale, Develop, and Lead Your Restaurant

Matt Rolfe Topic Presentations

Transformative Keynotes for Hospitality Industry Leaders Focused On Execution and Implementation.

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • Are you looking to get more from your annual conferences, strategy sessions, or leadership team offsite meetings? Most teams feel energized after attending such events, but when reconvening at follow-up events, they often feel they didn’t deliver on their commitments or failed to execute everything as hoped. Although they’re seeing solid results, these leaders and their teams become overwhelmed and don’t feel that they are winning.

    Matt Rolfe has had the chance to lead hundreds of keynotes and leadership workshops and will work with each team to ensure there is clarity and alignment on both the intention and outcome of the workshop. All speaking engagements are designed with an execution mindset. Based on what is discussed and shared, you’ll be able to identify what your commitments are and what you will do differently to achieve the results you want and deserve as a team and organization.

    Matt’s most popular in-demand talks are outlined below. Apply today to have Matt Rolfe create, design, lead and inspire your next team event.

    Matt Rolfe has fired up audiences at Restaurant Canada, ORHMA, Cocca, Atlanta Restaurant Show and the Orlando Restaurant Show.

    Matt’s been a keynote speaker for some of the world’s largest brands, helping both restaurant operators and supplier sales teams understand the true needs of the food service industry. Some of these include Bacardi & Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, Anheuser Busch, and Diageo.

You Can’t Do It Alone: Focusing On People To Scale, Develop and Lead Your Restaurant

What the Top 10% of Industry Leaders and Brands Do Differently – How To Create and Implement An Execution-focused Strategy

Let’s Not Just Talk About Mental Health, Let’s Take Action: 12 Simple, Liberating Mental Health Strategies You Can Put To Work Today for Yourself and Your People

The Leadership Pandemic: How Success in Our Industry Depends Entirely On Your Ability To Retain, Develop, and Attract Top Talent

Matt Rolfe Speaking Testimonials

Matt Rolfe is filling and illuminating gaps in the hospitality industry that most didn’t know existed.

Zoran White

Marben

It’s imperative that my team has outside education from experts that are in line with my training but from a different perspective. An investment in my team and team bonding

ERIN GAMELIN

Valuable information is distilled into usable segments which can be readily passed onto frontline staff. Plenty of actionable items allowed my team and I to be candid, authentic and honest about the business and ourselves.

MARLON FERMIN

ICONINK

Matt Rolfe – Very good presentation, with an amazing approach to team development and growth within our operation , 

MIKE FARRINGTON

Georgian College

Many useful concepts to drive focus and performance management. I feel this workshop provided clarity and direction. I feel empowered leaving today

DANIEL COLLENS

The workshop gave me the opportunity to evaluate the struggle and daily issues and self-evaluate what myself and my team can do to start moving forward.

KATRINA SHEPPARD

Matt Rolfe Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Matt Rolfe Keynote Speaker delivers customized and tailored keynote presentations, workshops, and training sessions on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique and are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, conferences, and event formats.

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