Achieve beyond your expectations

We empower leaders and organizations to achieve beyond their expectations by nurturing their growth and building their capacity to do the right work in the right way.

Leadership that Lasts, Spire Leadership Group founder Tim Matheney’s new book, identifies seven key actions for successful leaders who seek to make an enduring impact: Connect, Commit, Persevere, Thrive, Discover, Imagine and Dare.

Spire’s Guiding Principles

CHAMPION THE UNDERDOG.  There’s a little bit of underdog in each of us.  We seek to support every individual’s efforts to achieve their full potential.

CREATE THE PETRI DISH. Every organization can accomplish more by creating just the right conditions for every employee to grow.  We help people discover capacities and skills they never knew they had.

EVERYONE CAN LEARN AND EVERYONE CAN TEACH. Every individual has the capacity to contribute.  Our approach nurtures the learner and teacher in all of us.

How We Can Help

Keynotes and Training

Spire provides keynotes based on Leadership that Lasts and training and presentations especially created for clients’ needs.

Developing and Advising Leaders

Spire constructs tailored leadership development for organizations and nurtures leaders' strengths as they pursue their most ambitious goals.

Planning for Effectiveness and Success

Spire supports clients’ varied organizational needs including talent management, strategic planning and performance evaluation.

What People Are Saying

  • I've known Tim Matheney for more than 25 years. He's a smart leader with a lot of integrity. Tim and his team provide outstanding services to for-profit and non-profit organizations.

    Brett Rome, General Partner, North Hill Ventures (Boston)

  • Tim and his team at Spire Leadership Group deliver an experienced-based approach to help identify the absolute key priorities of your business. Their personalized guidance helps set a strategic plan to get your team executing at the highest level possible to achieve your full potential.

    Ted Church, Principal, Anthem Branding (Boulder, CO)

  • Tim Matheney's leadership is both informative and inspirational, both pragmatic and uplifting.

    Dr. Noah Tennant, Chief Executive Officer, Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School

On Leadership

Inspiration from the Red Bandanna

Welles Remy Crowther was a 24-year-old equities trader with Sandler O’Neill and Partners on the 104th floor of the South Tower when it was struck on September 11, 2001. A 1999 Boston College graduate, he had been a member of the college’s lacros...

September 11, 2018

Reading List

Three books that influenced Leadership that Lasts

I read pretty broadly, and that’s reflected in my new book, Leadership that Lasts. In my book, you’ll read about leadership in sports, the military, the arts, and business. Below are three books that were particularly formative as I conceived of ...

January 5, 2018