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Mary Kelly

  • 56th Most Influential Economist in the World
  • Commander, US Navy (Ret. USNA)
  • Named Top 50 Keynote Speaker
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$17,500 - $20,000
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Dallas, Texas or Colorado

Mary Kelly is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and spent over 20 years on active duty in intelligence and logistics. She retired from the Navy as a commander. She has masters’ degrees in history and economics, and a PhD in economics. With over 20 years combined teaching experience at both the Naval...

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Mary Kelly is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and spent over 20 years on active duty in intelligence and logistics. She retired from the Navy as a commander. She has masters’ degrees in history and economics, and a PhD in economics.

With over 20 years combined teaching experience at both the Naval Academy and at Hawaii Pacific University, she taught economics, finance, history and management. She has extensive experience in business coaching, management, economics, finance, banking, insurance, real estate, government, organizational leadership, communication, business growth, teamwork, strategic planning, human resources, customer service, time management, and project development. Mary has a track record for success as an organizational change agent.

In her role as a human resources director, Dr. Kelly developed a business model for the computer and telecommunications organization for personnel hiring, training and retention that was adopted globally by the U. S. Navy. Managing culturally diverse teams, she orchestrated organizational changes for over 3,000 personnel for 2 military base closures. Her ability to problem solve and provide innovative solutions enabled her to transform the Navy’s largest pay and personnel organization from the lowest in customer satisfaction to the highest in the nation in 18 months, with 23% fewer employees and a 19% budget decrease.

As an educator, Dr. Kelly created a mandatory curriculum for a college student body of 4,500 students. During her teaching career, she developed 31 university courses in the areas of business management, economics, history, management, geography, political science, human resources and international relations. Mary taught remote course work for multiple colleges while creating 4 distance learning courses using online lectures, webinars, interactive exercises and podcasting. In addition to standard curriculums, Dr. Kelly coached 450 students on life skills and time-management. She created and taught wealth building and personal finance to students at the United States Naval
Academy, resulting in a student body educated on budgeting and retirement planning before graduation.

As a speaker and presenter, Mary Kelly pulls from her diverse experience to provide keynote presentations that are engaging and compelling, leaving the audience wanting more. With a warm and sincere style, Mary takes her vast knowledge and provides an educational presentation that holds the interest of her audience. She is a popular speaker on topics of leadership, communication, financial planning, and management. As a communicator, she has chaired academic and military panels for economics, political science and historical conferences, and she has conducted over 2,200 seminars on financial, business, management and leadership topics.

Productive Leaders maintains sites in Dallas TX and Denver CO. Mary enjoys skiing, kayaking, time outside with her dogs, and philanthropic activities

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Mary Kelly in Media

Speaker Programs

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. Using the acronym, P.I.V.O.T. leaders reinvigorate their teams with a sense ...more
“Navigating Turbulence” equips leaders with the skills, strategies, and resilience needed to steer their teams through times of crisis, overcome challenges, and embrace change. 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. ...less
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 ...more
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? 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. ...less
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 ...more
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. ...less
Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success
Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success is a corporate training and conference keynote that is based on data and delivered in a way that entertains and engages audiences of all levels. Great ...more
Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success is a corporate training and conference keynote that is based on data and delivered in a way that entertains and engages audiences of all levels. Great leadership, if you are doing it right, is hard. Being a great leader is more than just showing up, going through the motions, sitting in the big chair, and getting paid. Great leaders are always thinking about how they can become even better for their organizations, their people, and themselves. Our goal with this research was to identify areas where great leaders can become even better. We gathered the data and then categorized it into seven critical areas which define successful leaders. The 7 critical areas are Vision, Trust, Teamwork, Empathy, Fairness, Humility, and Decision-making. Using the 7 Prescriptions for Success Assessment, leaders are able to focus their energies on the activities that maximize their time and resources. ...less
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 ...more
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. ...less
Master Your World: Unleashing Leaders’ Productivity for Maximum Profits, Peak Efficiency, and Superior Communication
In the dynamic landscape of leadership, mastering time, resources, and energy is the key to success How can leaders enhance their productivity and efficiency in today’s fast-paced environment? How do we cultivate management and leadership ...more
In the dynamic landscape of leadership, mastering time, resources, and energy is the key to success How can leaders enhance their productivity and efficiency in today’s fast-paced environment? How do we cultivate management and leadership skills across all organizational levels? How can leaders address the challenges of diminishing productivity and waning employee engagement? The Master Your World program offers practical strategies, effective tactics, and innovative solutions tailored to dilemmas faced by leaders today. Based on Commander Mary Kelly’s best-selling book, Master Your World, this program provides insights and techniques that work in today’s evolving workplace. Recognizing that leadership is the linchpin of success, this program emphasizes the pivotal role leaders play in influencing every employee, team member, and stakeholder. ...less
A.R.M.E.D.
More than 45% of today’s workforce are millennials. Ten thousand boomers are retiring each day. There are three million vacant job opportunities in the US. Companies are in a race to secure the right talent ...more
More than 45% of today’s workforce are millennials. Ten thousand boomers are retiring each day. There are three million vacant job opportunities in the US. Companies are in 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, less direct communication, employee loneliness, and dissatisfaction. It’s a brave new world and you’ve got to be A.R.M.E.D. ...less
15 Ways to Grow Your Business in 2023 and Beyond In Every Economy
The economy is constantly changing, and external shocks affect our business. Tax increases, inflation, regulatory changes, supply chain disruptions, cyber hacking and increased competition, changes how we run our businesses. Great leaders need to respond ...more
The economy is constantly changing, and external shocks affect our business. Tax increases, inflation, regulatory changes, supply chain disruptions, cyber hacking and increased competition, changes how we run our businesses. Great leaders need to respond to the current economic environment, market shifts, and customers’ needs. Audiences use the 12 Months of Business Growth Resource Manual (included) to build and grow different aspects of business in every economy. Audience members get access to some of Mary’s most popular 5-Minute Business and Leadership Success Plans to fix problems instead of blame, take advantage of diverse opinions and ideas, coalesce teams, align your vision and mission, and get people focused on the strategic vision. Based on the books, Better in 52 Weeks and 15 Ways to Grow Your Business in Every Economy. ...less
In Case of Emergency, Break Glass!
5 out of 5 people surveyed discovered that none of us are going to live forever. If something catastrophic happened to you today, would your family know what to do? Would your office staff know ...more
5 out of 5 people surveyed discovered that none of us are going to live forever. If something catastrophic happened to you today, would your family know what to do? Would your office staff know what actions to take? If you had to evacuate, could you grab all of your important paperwork in less than 30 seconds? The reality is no one wants to think about the time when they are not around. No one ever thinks anything tragic is going to happen to them. Great leaders need to make sure they are personally prepared, that their families are protected, and that their employees have their important life documents in order. Can we do all of this in less than an hour? Yes! Can Mary guide us through what we need to know? Yes! Can it be funny and entertaining? Yes! ...less

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