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Award-winning keynote speaker and executive coach Kelly Merbler: Unleash your team's potential with her strengths-based leadership strategies.
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“I recently retained Kelly Merbler to work with me to enhance my team’s leadership development. She delivered by administering The John Maxwell Leadership Game during a half-day presentation. In short, it was one of the most impactful team building exercises I have ever attended. Kelly is skilled in engaging teams, providing personalized information in a helpful manner, and in delivering team leaders with the specific direction for improvement opportunities. My team members came away from the experience with a whole new level of confidence. As a result of Kelly’s training, our team is looking forward to the new challenging season ahead as we manage through the pandemic. I highly recommend Kelly as a keynote speaker and leadership consultant.”
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Kelly Merbler, the renowned motivational speaker, brings a unique perspective that resonates with the intricacies of orchestrating a productive and inspired team. Her insights are like the conductor’s baton, guiding leaders and organizations towards a harmonious blend of strengths and abilities.
Kelly’s motivational talks focus on one core principle: the strengths-based approach. She believes that just as every instrument in an orchestra has a unique role to play, every individual in your organization possesses distinct strengths waiting to be unleashed. By understanding and channeling these strengths, you can achieve maximum impact.
Booking Kelly Merbler for your event is a strategic move to revitalize your organization’s culture, bolster employee engagement, and enhance retention. Her insights into leadership development and culture building are invaluable tools to help you conduct your team to greater heights of success.
Kelly’s impact extends far beyond the stage. With a client list that includes industry giants like Tenet Healthcare and NextEra Energy, her credibility speaks volumes. Her achievements as an award-winning keynote speaker, Gallup-certified Strengths Coach, and faculty member for Maxwell Leadership further reinforce her position as a leading authority in the field.
When you choose Kelly Merbler, you choose a conductor of success, guiding your organization towards a harmonious and impactful future. Her insights will resonate long after the event, leaving your team inspired, motivated, and ready to perform in perfect harmony.
See keynotes with Kelly MerblerSometimes in order to find our purpose, we have to lose it first.
We all get stuck at certain times throughout our lives and experience those inevitable feelings that we are made to do more in life. When we feel as if we have lost all hope and belief in ourselves, it just takes one person who believes in us to spark that fire within us again.
Acknowledge your passion, embrace your strengths, and find the pathway to your purpose. In this energetic keynote, Kelly shares her story of why she walked away from 21 years of success and a six-figure paycheck to find significance personally and professionally. She will share practical tips that can be applied in your own journey to uncover your purpose and get you started on your path.
In this keynote participants will:
Successful leaders possess the ability to navigate change and rise above adversity because they have COURAGE! Now is the time for key members of your organization to experience this powerful presentation which will inspire and shift their thinking into a more entrepreneurial approach to your business.
If the purpose of leadership is to change things for the better, leaders must run toward problems and seek solutions. And to create change, they must lead with purpose and passion to inspire productivity.
Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit and learn how to lift the lid off your organization through your most valuable asset: your people. Every employee has the ability to lead transformation within an organization, but they must have a leader they are willing to follow.
In this inspirational keynote, participants will learn:
In the war for talent, it is not just about TALENT ACQUISITION. It is about TALENT ACTIVATION.
Management is not leadership. Yet, many organizations make the error of promoting for tenure – not talent.
It is possible to achieve a high performing culture which operates through the lens of humanity. It is possible to promote a culture where followers aspire to become leaders and develop strategies to become a transformational leadership culture, but it starts with individual responsibility.
In this keynote, Kelly will share how to evolve from being a manager to becoming a transformational leader. She will explore the necessary actions needed to create the desired change, ignite passion, and spark a values-driven culture.
In this keynote participants will learn:
According to Gallup research, only 30% of the American workforce go to work each day feeling engaged in their jobs. The other 70% are not using their talents to do the job they are being paid to do. And this is costing businesses millions of dollars and wasting countless hours.
It is time for managers to learn how to move from boss to coach so they can engage the workforce of today.
In this keynote, Kelly will share how you can use a strengths-based approach to improve employee engagement and performance and transform your workplace culture.
In the war for talent, it is not about talent acquisition, but talent activation.
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Healthy communication is more than talk. It isn’t experience. It isn’t talent. It is a skill that can be learned but must be developed. If you want to succeed, you must learn to not just communicate; you must learn to connect with people. And while it may seem like some people are just “born with it”, the fact is anyone can learn how to make every communication an opportunity for a powerful connection.
In this session, you will learn the five practices to develop the crucial skill of healthy communicating through connecting including:
“Kelly was an inspiration to all at our annual leadership conference and brought such high energy to her keynote. Everyone was in awww.”
Amy McEathron, Leadership Chair
"Impactful keynote message that connected with the audience and brought a standing ovation. From beginning to end, Kelly was compelled to get it right. She wasn’t compelled for her own recognition; she was compelled to get it right for the most impact on the audience. It really mattered to her that she was able to give the audience something of meaning and she did."
Heather Beaven, CEO
“It is my pleasure to recommend Kelly Merbler since she is an amazing speaker, leader, and coach. Her enthusiasm is completely contagious. She acts as a courageous pioneer, setting an example for all of us on how to do what you love and love what you do.”
Donna DeChant, Chief People Officer
“This year we were fortunate enough to have Kelly as one of our keynote speakers for our 2021 annual conference. If you have never had the pleasure of meeting Kelly, I highly encourage you to do so. You can feel Kelly’s energy when she enters the room, and our conference attendees loved her keynote “Unleash Your Passion and Entrepreneurial Spirit.” Kelly is passionate about lifting up those around her and building leaders out of everyone she meets.”
Brian Knapp, President
"Kelly is a passionate, dynamic speaker who brings energy and inspiration to every interaction with her clients. Recently I was fortunate to have Kelly speak at my advisory board of directors meeting, and she did a fantastic job sharing key insights on leading yourself and others through challenging times. Put simply, she was the right person and the right time to share that message. I would strongly recommend Kelly to anyone looking for a corporate speaker."
Darren Brooks, Assistant Chair
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