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Meet Brandon

Brandon Matthews is a leading keynote speaker, professional trainer, and the founder of The Meaningful Marketplace. With over two decades of experience in corporate communication, leadership, and personal development, Brandon is passionate about helping organizations foster positive workplace environments. His focus is on bringing meaning back to the marketplace by creating spaces where employees feel valued and inspired. Brandon has worked with a wide range of businesses and organizations to transform their workplace culture and improve employee engagement, communication, and mental wellness.

With a background that spans leadership, team management, and coaching across corporate and nonprofit sectors, Brandon's work focuses on aligning organizational goals with employee satisfaction. His goal? To help businesses create sustainable success by fostering environments that prioritize people over profits.
Brandon discovered the importance of customer experience and service early on, at just 16, during his first job as a cold-calling telemarketer. While many employees came and went faster than one could change socks, Brandon remained for the full two years of his high school career. This formative experience sparked a lifelong passion for sharing the value of exceptional customer care.

In 2011, Brandon and his family relocated to a new city to establish Cultivate Church. Today, the church thrives across multiple locations, with hundreds gathering and serving each weekend. He is the founder and director of the Vine Network, an organization that endorses pastors, missionaries, and military chaplains all over the world with partnership with the NAE. He also serves as Program Director for For Tomorrow, the substance prevention program for the city of Alabaster, AL and part of CADCA.

He is known for his practical, applicable, comical, and engaging communication style . He speaks on a wide range of topics from  leadership, communication, customer service, company culture, mental health, substance use, abuse, and prevention. With 20 years experience in corporate communications, professional and spiritual development, Brandon is a sought after speaker and professional trainer and has spoken to thousands of audiences. With his experience leading customer service teams with Apple Inc.,  starting, leading, and coaching various organizations, teams, non-profits, and businesses for over 20 years, he loves sharing this insight with organizations just like yours.

Brandon resides in Birmingham, AL with his wife Jen, son Asher, French Bulldog Chief, and his dozens of fish in his aquariums.

Meaningful
Leadership

Brandon’s approach differs from conventional workplace consulting by focusing on individual purpose rather than strictly improving productivity metrics. His leadership principles are grounded in the belief that successful organizations are built by leaders who care about their employees’ personal and professional growth. His work with companies involves a deep dive into their internal culture to understand the core challenges and how they can be overcome by creating a more meaningful workplace environment.

His presentations blend humor with deep insight, offering tools and strategies that are easy to apply but profoundly impactful.  Companies that have worked with Brandon have reported significant improvements in employee satisfaction, workplace engagement, and overall morale.

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