Workplace Friction Expert, Former Broadcaster & Creator of Air-Check Your Life™
Mathew Blades Biography
Mathew Blades communicated live with thousands of listeners every day for 28 years. As an award-winning broadcaster, he learned that success, leadership, trust and performance often come down to one thing: conversations. Blades helps leaders and teams identify the conversations creating workplace friction and gives them practical tools to turn friction into progress through his Air-Check Your Life and SHARP Communication frameworks.
Before becoming a keynote speaker, Blades spent nearly three decades in radio and television, interviewing presidents, professional athletes, actors, musicians, entrepreneurs and everyday people with extraordinary stories. His ability to connect with people from every walk of life helped shape the communication strategies he now teaches to organizations across the country. Audiences appreciate his rare combination of real-world communication experience, practical tools and engaging storytelling.
Blades is the author of "Go First," a podcast host, communication consultant and community advocate. Known for his interactive presentations and audience participation, he leaves attendees with immediately actionable strategies to improve communication, strengthen trust, reduce workplace friction and create better results both personally and professionally.
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Mathew Blades Speaking Topics
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Air-Check Your Life™: The Conversations That Create Trust, Accountability, and Results
Every organization has workplace friction. Projects stall. Teams become frustrated. Expectations get missed. Relationships weaken. Most of the time, the problem isn't strategy. It's communication.
Drawing from nearly three decades of communicating live on radio and television, Mathew Blades introduces his Air-Check Your Life™ framework, a practical approach for identifying what's working, what's not, and what needs to change. Through engaging stories, audience interaction, and actionable tools, attendees learn how to improve communication, strengthen trust, and create momentum through better conversations.
Attendee Results:
- Identify the hidden conversations creating workplace friction
- Build greater trust and accountability across teams
- Improve communication without creating more meetings
- Learn a practical framework for continuous improvement
- Leave with tools that can be applied immediately
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How to Talk to People You Don't Like Talking To
The conversation you're avoiding is costing you.
Whether it's a difficult employee, a frustrated customer, a peer, or a family member, most people avoid uncomfortable conversations until the problem becomes impossible to ignore. The result is frustration, misunderstanding, damaged relationships, and lost opportunities.
In this engaging and highly relatable keynote, Mathew Blades shares practical communication tools from his SHARP Communication™ framework to help attendees navigate difficult conversations with greater confidence, clarity, and empathy.
Attendee Results:
- Understand why people avoid difficult conversations
- Learn how word choice, tone, and listening impact outcomes
- Reduce conflict without avoiding accountability
- Build confidence in high-stakes conversations
- Turn tension into productive dialogue
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Mathew Blades is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Air-Check Your Life™: The Conversations That Create Trust, Accountability, and Results, How to Talk to People You Don't Like Talking To and When Good Becomes the Problem: Breaking Through the Invisible Ceiling. The estimated speaking fee range to book Mathew Blades for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Mathew Blades generally travels from Phoenix, AZ, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are David C. Baker, Adrian Gostick, Karyn Elizabeth Suárez, Tim Shurr and Gary Ross. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Mathew Blades for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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