Matt Rolfe

Keynote Speaker | Toronto, Ontario

Business Development Expert and Hospitality Leadership Coach

Matt Rolfe Expertise Business & Corporate, Business Ethics & Values, Entrepreneurship, Health & Wellness, Leadership Development, Nutrition & Fitness, Business Growth, Business Transitions and Global Business & Trade.

Matt Rolfe

About Matt Rolfe

Matt Rolfe is a coach, speaker, and entrepreneur who mentors the top ten percent of the hospitality industry toward unlocking their true potential. As the founder of multiple hospitality-focused companies, Matt Rolfe has worked with hundreds of leadership teams throughout North America. Matt Rolfe is an industry expert dedicated to helping leaders examine the human element of their business and execute effective team-building strategies unique to their needs.

Matt Rolfe Videos

Ask Matt #6 - Why Don't My People Work As Hard As I Do?

Attract, Retain, Develop Series: Job Ad Filtering

How to Raise Your Profits in Three Easy Steps

Mental Health Series: 5 Steps to Help Your Leadership Journey

Mental Health Series: Mental Health Journey

Matt Rolfe Interviews & Podcasts

Your Business, Your Life, and a New Way of Thinking

The Power of People: Matt Rolfe on Hospitality Leadership

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.

Matt Rolfe Topic Presentations

Matt Rolfe Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

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

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 Books & Articles

You Can't Do It Alone
You Can't Do It

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

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

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