Dr. Mary C. Kelly

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About Dr. Mary C. Kelly Ph.D., CSP, CDR, US Navy (Ret.), CPAE - Author, International Speaker on Economic and Leadership Development & Business Growth:

From Dr. Mary C. Kelly's days as a naval intelligence officer to her role as one of today’s most influential economists, Commander/Dr. 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 and communicate 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 focussed 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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What Dr. Mary C. Kelly Talks About:

Navigating Turbulence: Leadership For Guiding Teams Through Crisis, Challenge, and Change
“Navigating Turbulence” equips leaders with the skills, strategies, and resilience needed to steer their teams through times of crisis, overcome challenges, and embrace change.

Strategic Leadership During Crisis

  • Refine the art of strategic decision-making under pressure.
  • Develop crisis communication skills that inspire confidence and maintain team morale.
  • Understand successful crisis management across various industries.

Build Resilient and Happy Teams During Challenges

  • Recognize the psychological dynamics of resilience and its impact on team performance.
  • Foster a culture of adaptability and innovation within your team.
  • Implement strategies to bolster individual and collective resilience.
  • See what happy workplaces are doing right and adapt those techniques.

Embrace Change Management

  • Master the principles of effective change leadership.
  • Use Mary’s toolkit for leading teams through organizational transitions.
  • Gain insights into how to manage resistance.

Using the acronym, P.I.V.O.T. leaders reinvigorate their teams with a sense of purpose; they are prepared to inspire and influence others every day, they assess volatile situations in the right way, they see opportunities when others see only problems, and make sure their teams have the tools, techniques, training, and tactics they need to succeed.

This program is for executives, managers, and leaders across industries committed to enhancing their leadership skills and guiding their teams through the complexities of crisis, challenge, and change.

 

P.I.V.O.T.: How to Lead Teams through Crisis, Challenge, and Change
Do your people understand the six stages of a crisis?

Do your leaders recognize the stage their people are in and do they react appropriately?

Are your leaders leading, or just hoping for the right outcomes?

  • Understand the six stages of any change, challenge, or crisis.
  • Implement the five ways to P.I.V.O.T. through the crisis.
  • Use the seven leadership reminders to lead out of a crisis.

In order to successfully lead people through and out of a crisis, first, we have to understand the 6 stages of the crisis. Based on her Navy experiences during the first and second Gulf Wars and 9-11, Commander Mary Kelly articulates the reactions of people in various stages of change, challenge, or crisis.

As effective leaders, we have to be able to help our people P.I.V.O.T. through the crisis, by renewing their sense of purpose, influencing and inspiring others to take the right action, assessing the volatility levels, seeing the opportunities, providing the right tools, techniques, and technology that allow people to succeed. Then we can apply Mary’s seven leadership reminders, using the acronym C.L.A.M.P.E.R. so that we are providing the right response to the right people at the right time to achieve the right outcomes.

Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
We have all seen the news where the head of a very visible corporation suddenly becomes sick, or worse, dies, throwing the organization into chaos. We need to have contingency plans in place for a sudden senior-level departure, but we also need a long-term, strategic plan that includes the routine and scheduled departure of team members. Whether due to promotion, retirement, or other factors, the reality is, people leave organizations. One day you will, too.

Every organization needs to plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. This program, based on the award-winning book, Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy simplifies the succession planning process and gives you the framework and the tools you need to build and implement your leadership succession planning.

Whether you are part of a small family business or a Fortune 500 company, you need to start planning out for who comes next.

Specifically, this program identifies:

  • How to start a customized succession plan ready for immediate incorporation and implementation
  • Proven methodologies for building your leadership bench so top talent can step into increased roles and responsibilities
  • Powerful techniques to build long, loyal, and highly-engaged leaders
  • Secrets to aligning your succession plan to your strategic objectives
  • Innovative strategies to get you out of the “urgent” phase, and into a culture of continuous leadership development

Futurenomics:The Economic Snapshot You Need to See Today
Leaders develop stronger strategies, better decisions, and achieve faster results when they understand economic forces. Changes in interest rates, imports, investments, housing trends, trade, and tariffs…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?

What do they mean for your family?

Join Dr. Mary Kelly, one of the world’s most influential economists, as she exposes the true meaning of the current economic situation and what this means for your organization’s future.

  • Learn to operate and make decisions from facts and data, not emotions
  • Understand what the changes in international trade mean for your industry
  • Gain a valuable understanding of today’s economy to improve profits and safeguard your businesses’ bottom line
  • Prepare your team for what is to come in 2025 and beyond

For meeting planners:

  • No economic overwhelm here – this session is funny and informative – and is very different from any 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.

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What an inspirational speaker!!! Mary spoke in real life terms making the engagement more than worthwhile. Her enthusiasm for life and goodwill was contagious. Mary was a highlight of the CEMA conference. I learned so much from her is just a brief time.

Colorado Emergency Management Association

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