Kelly O'Connell

Professional Speaker/Executive Coach/Owner at Kelly O'Connell Inc.

Member since November 2022

Leadership

Education: University of Minnesota - University of St.Thomas
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Biography

For over 20 years, Kelly has been helping leaders and organizations succeed through motivational speaking and personalized coaching. She’s coached and consulted leaders at companies like Wells Fargo, 3M, Medtronic, and Carlson Companies, guiding them through business decisions and challenges.
Based in Eden Prairie, MN, Kelly started her company in 2003 to help clients achieve lasting success. Her current research explores how leaders can innovate, boost productivity, and create positive, results-driven organizational change.

Passion

The Leadership Edit: Less Clutter, More Leadership
Innovation and Creativity
Less Is More: Enhancing Focus for Innovation, Joy, and Business Success
Excellent Customer Service

Best Story

While speaking with a large audience at a hotel that had a divider wall, our group was having so much fun cheering and applauding, that the speaker next door asked the support staff to come over to ask us to be quiet. Our group fed off of that, and instead turned up the energy! This in fact encouraged the speaker next door to turn up the energy, so that dueling applause and cheering took place! It was so much fun to not only engage this audience, and then ALSO indirectly engage the audience next door

Origin Story

Early in my career, I worked with middle-level leaders who needed to present their ideas on how to improve the business to their executive team. The leaders were concerned and nervous about the experience and wanted to soften and massage their message out of fear. I had been working with the executive team, and I noticed that they were in fact excited, and really WANTED to know how the leaders felt. I realized the disconnect at that time and have since set out to unite all levels of leaders and employees to have REAL communication that gets them to innovation and ULTIMATELY true employee engagement and a successful and profitable business.

Example Talks

Will quiet quitting continue into 2023? w Kelly Leiker

https://omny.fm/shows/the-morning-news-with-vineeta-sawkar/will-quiet-quitting-continue-into-2023-kelly-leike

As an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas, here Kelly Leiker talks about quiet quitting on broadcast and provides essential tips on how to impact workers to become more engaging for small businesses and the working trend in the future of 2023. Kelly is also a business owner herself.

Topics/Keywords

innovation creativity business strategy womens leadership change women in small buisness business results employee engagement virtual communication leadership and personal development community management growth business branding client service the future of leadership team leadership collective leadership to reinvent organizations vertical leadership development customer experience voice of the customer customer service customer relations customer improving innovation and creativity creative thinking creativity and innovation innovation culture building an innovation mindset innovation mindset user experience and customer focus time management delegating to leverage time focus
I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions

Best Story

While speaking with a large audience at a hotel that had a divider wall, our group was having so much fun cheering and applauding, that the speaker next door asked the support staff to come over to ask us to be quiet. Our group fed off of that, and instead turned up the energy! This in fact encouraged the speaker next door to turn up the energy, so that dueling applause and cheering took place! It was so much fun to not only engage this audience, and then ALSO indirectly engage the audience next door

Origin Story

Early in my career, I worked with middle-level leaders who needed to present their ideas on how to improve the business to their executive team. The leaders were concerned and nervous about the experience and wanted to soften and massage their message out of fear. I had been working with the executive team, and I noticed that they were in fact excited, and really WANTED to know how the leaders felt. I realized the disconnect at that time and have since set out to unite all levels of leaders and employees to have REAL communication that gets them to innovation and ULTIMATELY true employee engagement and a successful and profitable business.

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions

Example Talks

Will quiet quitting continue into 2023? w Kelly Leiker

https://omny.fm/shows/the-morning-news-with-vineeta-sawkar/will-quiet-quitting-continue-into-2023-kelly-leike

As an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas, here Kelly Leiker talks about quiet quitting on broadcast and provides essential tips on how to impact workers to become more engaging for small businesses and the working trend in the future of 2023. Kelly is also a business owner herself.

Topics/Keywords

innovation creativity business strategy womens leadership change women in small buisness business results employee engagement virtual communication leadership and personal development community management growth business branding client service the future of leadership team leadership collective leadership to reinvent organizations vertical leadership development customer experience voice of the customer customer service customer relations customer improving innovation and creativity creative thinking creativity and innovation innovation culture building an innovation mindset innovation mindset user experience and customer focus time management delegating to leverage time focus