Mary Kelly, PhD, Commander, U.S. Navy (ret) is CEO of Productive Leaders, a consulting firm specializing in professional speaking and business training for education, government and private business organizations. Mary taught economics and finance at Hawaii Pacific University for 15 years, taught at the US Naval Academy from 2003 to 2008, and teaches economics at the US Air Force Academy.

Mary’s books include of Leadership Lessons From the Dog, Customer Service Lessons from the Dog, and In Case of Emergency, Break Glass!

Mary has trained over 20,000 military and civilian personnel in multi-cultural teams all over the world. Specific examples include the FBI, Aramark, XPEDX, Marriott, the Maryland House of Delegates, various chambers of commerce, financial associations, CHART, LIMRA, LOMA, and numerous colleges and universities.

With over twenty years of leadership experience and a diverse background in the U.S. and abroad, Dr. Kelly provides a wealth of knowledge in every presentation. 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.

As an educator, Dr. Kelly created a mandatory curriculum for a college student body of 4,500 students. She has been responsible for teaching 31 university courses in the areas of business management, economics, history, geography, political science, human resources and international relations. Kelly has taught remote course work for multiple colleges over the last 15 years, while creating 4 distance learning courses using online lectures, interactive exercises and she was one of the first to use podcasting.

In addition to standard curriculum counseling, Dr. Kelly personally coached 450 students on life skills and organization, and conceived and taught a wealth building and personal finance seminar to students at the United States Naval Academy, resulting in a student body educated on budgeting and retirement planning before leaving the security of a university setting.

As a speaker and presenter, Mary Kelly pulls from her diverse experience to provide keynote presentations that are engaging and compelling, leaving audiences wanting more. With a warm, entertaining, and sincere style, Dr. Kelly uses her vast knowledge to provide informative presentations that hold the interest of her audience.

After over 20 of years of leading diverse teams all over the world, Kelly’s approach to leadership is immediately practical and applicable. She had real world experience and she shares it with her groups. Her Leadership Lessons from the Dog discussion is an enjoyable, interactive approach to getting the behaviors you want from the people who surround you. The communication session focuses on solving and resolving common misunderstandings in the workplace. Finally, Kelly helps her audiences stay mindful of what is important. While other programs on communication and leadership exhort leadership quotes and may be easily forgotten, Kelly’s program can be applied as the audience leaves the room with immediate results.

She was a popular speaker for both the U. S. Naval Academy and Hawaii Pacific University’s Speakers’ Bureaus on topics of finance, leadership, communication, and management. As a communicator, she has chaired academic and military panels for economics, political science and historical conferences. She has conducted over 1,400 seminars on financial, business, human resources, management and leadership topics to all levels of p