Hospitality Leadership Coach Matt Rolfe on Being Vulnerable

Hospitality Leadership Coach Matt Rolfe (@matt_rolfe_coaching) uses his personal story of triumph, and a healing journey through therapy, to help others become better leaders.

Watch now to learn about setting boundaries in life and work, creating positive leverage, and being honest with your team.

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CHAPTERS:

[3:10] - Matt Rolfe 2-Minute Drill

[7:54] - Embracing Your Truth

[15:14] - Life-Changing Story with Warren Rustand

[20:01] - Important Notorious B.I.G. Quote

[27:09] - Impact of Continuous Development

Matt Rolfe is a Restaurant Influencer –

No one is perfect, not even leaders. It takes constant effort to be a better person.

“What I want to show leaders is that they don't need to be perfect. Perfect creates disconnection, not connection,” says Matt Rolfe to podcast host Shawn P. Walchef of at the 2022 Hospitality Leadership Summit in Toronto, Canada.

“The reason I share my story is because it's my therapy.”

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Therapy is a recurring theme in Matt Rolfe’s speeches and lessons. As a leader, he has learned the importance of internal work in relation to effective leadership.

“One thing I realized, if we're at the service of others in leadership and we leave our own gas tanks empty sometimes,” Rolfe says. “I burnt out at one point. And what I realized was I allowed everybody to plug in to me. But I didn't have boundaries for myself.”

“But I think for leadership, once we can take care of ourselves, we can control our state and our energy.”

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Energy is finite, and Matt Rolfe believes that leaders should reserve their energy to create positive leverage both in their business and within themselves.

“I think for any leader out there, there's more opportunity for positive change than ever before,” he says. ”We need to make sure that we can slow down, connect, have a relationship.”

The most impactful relationship Matt Rolfe has developed is with himself and coming to terms with past trauma, mindsets, and ideologies that may have hampered his leadership. Now being able to speak freely and openly, despite the presence of vulnerability, is freeing for Rolfe.

“​​I'm focused on helping my clients get the result that they want, not just consume more information.”

EPISODE LINKS:

Matt Rolfe Coaching Instagram

You Can’t Do It Alone book

Matt Rolfe Website

ABOUT MATT ROLFE (@matt_rolfe_coaching)

Matt Rolfe is a renowned Hospitality Leadership Coach and founder of the Hospitality Leadership Summit in Canada. As a mental health and therapy advocate, he uses his platform to help other leaders in the space be OK with vulnerability, and building connections by being their authentic selves.

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