The Most Consequential Relationship in Business: Why CEOs and Boards Struggle to Get It Right Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs In the first half of 2025, 42 percent of departing CEOs were forced out or fired,...

The Leadership Succession Gap Is the Next Business Crisis Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs More leaders are leaving than are ready to replace them, and the pipeline behind them is thinner, less experienced, and...

The Loneliest Job in the Room: Why CEOs Struggle Once They Reach the Top. Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs They fought for years to get there. They outperformed, outlasted, and outmaneuvered. They were the ones...

Strategy is Not a Tactic. Tactics Are Not a Strategy. And Confusing the Two Is Costing Leaders Everything. Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs There is a confusion at the heart of most organizational failure that...

Closing the Succession Gap: What Organizations Need to Do Right Now Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs The leadership succession gap is not a future problem. It is a present one. Organizations that wait for a...

When Your Boss Seems Threatened by You Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs There's a certain kind of workplace problem that doesn't show up in a lot of career advice books. You were hired because you're smart,...

When Two Managers Don't Get Along. Should the CEO Get Involved? Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs Every CEO eventually faces this scenario: two capable, experienced managers who are both vital to the organization...

I’m Behind on Thank-You Notes and It Reminded Me Why They Matter So Much Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs I’m behind on writing thank-you notes and that makes me pause. Thank-you notes aren’t just something on the...

Why Leadership Feels So Tough Right Now and Why Employees Are Struggling Mary Kelly Leadership Economist | Keynote Speaker | Conference & Training Programs There was a time when leadership felt difficult because of the work. You had to make decisions.You had to...