Smart, funny, and high-energy, Mary’s audiences request Mary back again and again. Mary provides actionable takeaways that motivate, inspire, and engage. From the C-level throughout the organization, Mary is a hit!
From her days as a naval intelligence officer to her role as one of today’s most influential economists, Commander/Doctor/Professor Mary C. Kelly has carved out an unforgettable career in leadership. Former chief of police, professor, realtor and HR Director – Mary has spent over 25 years teaching and training more than 40,000 military and civilian personnel. Mary is now on a mission to spread her message of success with audiences worldwide, sharing with them the secrets to being a true leader in today’s workplace.
A high-energy keynote speaker, Mary is focused on using research, laughter, and experience to show professionals how to excel. Mary’s relatable, no-nonsense approach inspires audiences to embrace their roles, surpass their goals, and plan for the future.
Mary is the author of 13 books on business growth, leadership, and today’s economy. She is a speaker, coach and trainer who has worked with hundreds of organizations and companies across the globe.
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- Leadership
- Economy
- Best-Selling Author
- Mindfulness
- Women in Business
- Motivation
- Military
WHY LEADERS FAIL AND THE 7 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SUCCESS
Focused on senior leaders and decision-makers, this popular keynote audience will dive directly into the everyday mistakes that cost supervisors, managers, and CEOs time, money and even their reputations.
These are the seven positive steps to success that are crucial for every leader to embrace.
- Understand why your top talent is not performing to their potential
- Learn specific actions that lead to short and long-term success
- Control how you are perceived by your team, peers and superiors
- Identify behaviors that are sabotaging the loyalty and productivity of the people working around you
For meeting planners:
- Based on Mary’s book of the same title, this is an audience favorite, perfect for a high-energy opening session or stamina-filled closing keynote
- Audience access to Mary’s 5-minute Business Series plans to organize, brainstorm and map out goals
- Entertaining, content-rich and data-based general session
WHO COMES NEXT? LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION PLANNING MADE EASY
75 million baby boomers are reaching retirement age in the next several years. Whether you are one of them or one of the many leaders who will be navigating the changes, it is imperative that you have a plan.
Join economist and leadership expert, Dr. Mary Kelly, as she explains how the right succession plan will attract top talent, develop leadership skills and guarantee success for the next decade and beyond. Get out of panic mode and into a culture of continuous leadership development.
- Understand what a comprehensive succession plan is and why it’s a must-have for your business
- Gain the knowledge needed to compete in today’s marketplace
- Challenge your beliefs of what true leadership means
- Learn to share your experience to create a legacy
- Prepare a custom succession plan ready for immediate implementation
For meeting planners:
- Innovative, high-energy, in-demand topic
- Perfect for an opening or closing keynote, providing profitable information your attendees need to take back to the office.
- Based on What Comes Next?, Dr. Kelly’s newest book
FUTURENOMICS: THE ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT YOU NEED TO SEE TODAY
Changes in free trade, imports, tarrifs…do today’s news headlines have your stomach in knots? What do the changes in the current economy mean for your business? What do they mean for your own career? Heck, what do they mean for your family?
Join Dr. Mary Kelly, the world’s 56th Most Influential Economist, as she exposes the true meaning of the current economic structure, and what that means for your organization’s future.
For meeting planners:
- Economics can be funny and informative – and this is really is different than anything your members have seen before!
- Popular with organizations that highly value economic information, such as manufacturing, medical, and financial associations
- Economic information plus bonus productivity and profitability tips
- Perfect for an opening or closing keynote, providing profitable information your attendees need to take back to the office.
15 RECESSION-PROOF WAYS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN EVERY ECONOMY
The economy is an ever-shifting force that greatly affects the way we run our businesses and even our lives. Don’t be at the whim of the ups and downs of the market. Learn what you can do to build and grow your business in any economy.
In this in-demand session you’ll learn to:
- Put together a clear and effective business plan – fast
- Manage and optimize the strengths and weaknesses of your team
- Take action to better engage those around you
- Optimize your business relationships to ensure your career is viable and thriving
For meeting planners:
- Fast-paced, dynamic, FUN session
- Energetic and positive message for an opening or closing keynote
- Audience access to Mary’s 5-minute Business Series plans to organize, brainstorm and map out goals
A.R.M.E.D.
You’ve seen the statistics….
More than 50% of today’s workforce are millennials. Ten thousand boomers are retiring each day. There are six million vacant job opportunities in the US.
Companies are on a race to secure the right talent that will ensure their business survives the shifting workforce. Team leaders are navigating the new ways of the workplace….remote work, higher unemployment, less direct communication, employee loneliness, and a lack of engagement. It’s a brave new world and you’ve got to be A.R.M.E.D.
In one of Mary’s most popular keynotes, you’ll learn to:
- ATTRACT the next generation of leaders
- RECRUIT/RETAIN the right people
- MENTOR/MANAGE emerging employees
- EVOLVE as a company
- DEVELOP talent for future success
For meeting planners:
- THE session for human resource professionals and leadership audiences
- A challenging and enlightening opening or closing keynote option
- Highly interactive
CLASSIFIED! THE MILITARY’S TOP SECRET LEADERSHIP SECRETS
Ridiculous gossip, petty competition, office drama…it’s the stuff you tell your spouse about over the dinner table. We laugh and exchange knowing glances, but it’s also what’s keeping your organization from being successful. Workplace distraction and personal agendas are what prohibit your team from being productive and accomplishing their goals. Goals are something that the military knows a lot about! How do the armed forces deal with these challenges and turn immature personalities into cooperative and successful team members? Retired Navy Commander, Dr. Mary C. Kelly will let you in on the top secrets of the military and how they can turn your team around.
Mary will give you the information to:
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of those around you
- Learn to work together to set and meet goals
- Conquer the obstacles that are poisonous to a productive workplace
- Communicate with each generation, personality, and background
For Meeting Planners:
- Perfect for professionals of all levels
- Works best as an opening or closing keynote session
- Highly entertaining and content-filled
MASTER YOUR WORLD: 10 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITS, AND COMMUNICATION
We hear the word leadership a lot around the office. But, do we understand what it means to be a leader – regardless of our job title or our place on the ladder? Leadership isn’t just a plan for the supervisors and CEOs. Leadership is a set of principles that affects every employee, every team member and every consumer. Leadership is what differentiates the ordinary from the thriving.
Would you like to know if your employees are searching LinkedIn for their next job? Or, if your boss has your back at the board meeting? Dr. Mary Kelly has some surprising insight into these questions as she guides you through a session that is a true investment in yourself and your career.
- Understand how leadership creates a productive and constructive team
- Learn how loyalty and relationships affect your bottom line
- Create a culture of dynamic communication
For meeting planners:
- Perfect for an opening or closing keynote, providing profitable information your attendees need to take back to the office.
- Based on Mary’s book of the same title, this is a humorous journey through leadership in today’s workplace.
- Audience access to Mary’s 5-minute Business Series plans to organize, brainstorm and map out goals
ICEBERG AHEAD! NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
In this uplifting and inspiring keynote, Dr. Mary Kelly gives you a peek into the lessons she has learned about leadership over a decades-long career in the Navy, corporate America and beyond. Mary delights in getting down to business and sharing what most employees wish their leaders knew.
With encouraging stories and true tales from the armed forces, you’ll learn to:
- Communicate like a champ
- Embrace the strengths of your teammates
- Motivate staff with little or no budget
- Take on a new role with grace and ease
For Meeting planners:
- Thought-provoking, action packed session sure to wow audiences
- High-energy, high-content keynote option
- Custom built for team-building experiences, management, and senior management
- Based on Mary’s book, 360 Degrees of Leadership
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE NEW ECONOMY
Change is fun for some people, but miserable for others. Personality type, job position, seniority, and past experiences all determine how different people react to the idea of changing the way they conduct business. Understanding how people will react and addressing their concerns in advance of implementation can determine the success or failure of the new process.
Change management is a critical part of any organization that leads, manages, or enables people to accept and embrace new processes, technologies, systems, structures and values. This fun and interactive experience explores how health care professionals can maximize new opportunities and help others understand the change process.
The intent of effective change management is to:
- Address the concerns and barriers of the people who will need to adopt the new methods.
- Overcome the uncertainty obstacles that impede necessary change to achieve greater effectiveness.
- Ensure that everyone in the organization is ready, willing, and able to perform his or her role in the new environment.
Outcomes
Through this entertaining and interactive session focusing on leadership at all levels, we increase productivity. Participants learn how to enact change, how to explain why the change is being implemented, how it is going to benefit them, and why adapting to the new system is in their best self-interest. We overcome ambiguities, barriers, resistance, and reluctance to change behavior and methodologies.
WHY LEADERS FAIL AND THE 7 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SUCCESS
Forget the last leadership program you sat through. In Dr. Mary Kelly’s most popular keynote, the audience will dive directly into the everyday mistakes that are costing supervisors, managers and CEO’s time, money and even their reputations.
These are the new rules, the seven positive steps to success that are crucial for every leader to embrace.
- Understand why your top talent is not performing to their potential
- Learn specific actions that lead to short and long-term success
- Control how you are perceived by your team, peers and superiors
- Identify behaviors that are sabotaging the loyalty and productivity of the people working around you
For meeting planners:
- Based on Mary’s book of the same title, this is an audience favorite, perfect for a high-energy opening session or stamina-filled closing keynote
- Audience access to Mary’s 5-minute Business Series plans to organize, brainstorm and map out goals
- Entertaining, content-rich and data-based general session
STOP THE TURMOIL: 7 STEPS TO LEADING THROUGH A CRISIS
Stop. Take a Breath. We may not know what’s next but we do know that you’re in control. You’re in charge and it’s your job to set a clear and positive direction for your organization. This is new territory and today your guide is a retired navy commander who experienced first hand what it takes to successfully survive a crisis and be a strong leader during 9/11. Customers and staff are desperate for leadership and this is your opportunity to step up to the plate. In this 30-minute session, you’ll learn to lead your team through the unknown, into the new normal, and back to business.
You’ll learn to:
- Understand the issues at hand and the nature of the exact crisis
- Articulate the possible courses of action and possible outcomes
- Help your team and organization to understand what is at stake
- Communicate honestly and effectively
For Meeting Planners:
- This program can be delivered virtually in a professional, high quality broadcast.
- Designed as a short and effective keynote or TED-style presentation
- Bonus access to Mary’s 5-Minute Business Series, including her 5-Minute Crisis Planning Sheet
- Timely content designed to address the COVID-19 crisis, natural disasters, and more
“Mary is my new favorite speaker! She is smart, funny, engaging, and attentive to our members. She is fabulous with our sponsors (she worked them into the presentation and made them feel special) and she knew our issues. My audiences loved her. I’ve booked her 3 times for 3 different organizations and she is great!”
– S.R., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HOUSING COLORADO
“Loved having Mary at the Special District Association! This is our third year with Mary. Mary connects with the audience every time and they love her energy and message. She always goes above and beyond to help the meeting planning team – whatever we need, Mary says yes.”
– A.T., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION COLORADO
“Mary’s programs are always perfect for whoever is in the audience. She tailors every program and is interactive and funny. She researches the audience and knows what they need. I’ve seen her present several times and she is always a hit!”
– A.M., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SBDC
“Dr. Mary Kelly was fabulous with our group. We had people from several different countries and we were using translators, which is tough for some speakers. The interpreters said Mary was the best speaker they worked with – she gave them material ahead of time to help make their job easier. Mary integrated every country represented and made them feel included. She participated in our conference and spent time talking to and engaging our participants on her own time. I have received nothing but positive feedback-even unsolicited- about her presentation and her outgoing personality. Everyone enjoyed having her at our conference!”
– K.R., CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGER, FREEPORT-MCMORAN MINING COMPANY
“Excellent material presented in an exciting way! When she presents her leadership material she makes it seem as though we can all be great leaders. We left each session excited and motivated. We brought Mary in for a leadership and a change management program, and she was a home run in both sessions!”
– R.M., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTH DAKOTA PUBLIC HEALTH
“Happy to recommend Mary! She is a great speaker and she worked well with my team.”
– J.A., HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, CITY OF GILLETTE, WY
“Great content and entertaining style! Mary provided fabulous programs for our real estate professionals to grow their business. Attendees raved about her and asked for more. Want lots of content, a great presentation, and a low maintenance (and really nice) speaker? Call Mary.”
– J.W., PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
“I am pleased to recommend Mary C. Kelly, PhD, of Productive Leaders, whom we recently worked with as a guest instructor at our V-Wise National Conference, an alumni training event for close to 300 women veterans and military spouses. Mary created a wonderful, powerful, and effective environment where she connected to several women veterans and and military spouses throughout the three day conference. She also made a commitment to really take the time to get to know the women participants, which demonstrates who Mary is as a person. Even now, a few months after the program, Mary is staying connected to our participants, serving as a continued resource.”
– M.F., PROGRAM MANAGER, V-WISE, INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES
- Master Your World book
- Who Comes Next?
- 5 Minutes Per Week 52 Weeks to a Better Business
- Mary Kelly Speaker Kit with Program Descriptions
- 360 Degrees of Leadership – Steering Around the Icebergs
- 15 Ways to Grow Your Business in Every Economy
- Master Your World workbook
- In Case of Emergency Break Glass
- Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success