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Sometimes the difficult person is you.

I help teams figure that out.

Nobody taught your people how to handle conflict, communicate across personalities, or connect their work to a purpose. So they get anxious, frustrated, and leave.

 

Kelly fixes that — with workshops people actually use the next day.

Maxwell Certified Leadership Team

Programs
Fewer conflicts. More collaboration. Stronger engagement.

From orientation to career readiness, our programs equip students with the essential life and leadership skills that make a difference on campus and beyond. Whether building belonging in the first year, preparing for the workplace, or developing resilience that leads to retention, these workshops create stronger students, stronger leaders, and stronger campus communities.

Great for:

Student Affairs Pros

New/Transfer Students

Residence Life Assistants

Student Leaders & Gov't

Advanced HS Students

Emerging Leaders

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For HR and Workforce

Retention Magic

Stop losing good people to conflict nobody taught them to handle, and to a lack of meaning in their work.

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For Students and Colleges

Career-Ready Magic

​Your students graduate with a degree AND the people skills to survive their first real job.

Expertise Areas

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DISC Behavior Profile and Leadership Style

Communication Skills 

Resilience & Retention


Navigating Difficult People/
Multigenerational Conflict

Leadership Development & Personal Growth

 

 Why Work with Kelly?

Humans are complicated. Some are just downright difficult. And nobody ever taught us how to deal with them.

Not in school. Not in college. Not in most workplaces.

Kelly Lippenholz spent twenty years watching the same gap show up — in middle schoolers, in college students, in young professionals, in the managers trying to lead them. Smart, motivated people who couldn't navigate a difficult coworker, didn't know how to have a hard conversation, and had zero idea that their own communication style might be half the problem. Including Kelly herself, once upon a time.

So she built workshops that fix that. Practical, story-driven, a little loud, and nothing like the leadership training you've sat through before and immediately forgotten.

Her signature programs — Retention Magic and Career-Ready Magic — give college students and young professionals the self-awareness and people skills to actually get along with other humans, achieve results and find meaning in their work.

The result: less conflict, more confidence, and people who stop quitting jobs they could have thrived in.

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There’s something deeply personal and grounded in the way Kelly speaks. It never feels like a performance—it feels like a conversation, one where you’re seen, heard, and challenged to grow. 

~Jeremy T.

National Conference on Student Life
Loyola University of Maryland Orientation Speaker
Towson University Staff Retreat
Seton Hall University
Legacy Studios
HWK Law Group
Church of the Nativity
Kelly Lippenholz

Tel 443.465.7411

Email kelly@kellylippenholz.com

Keynotes and workshops that build self‑aware, work‑ready confidence through practical skills in communication, resilience, and real‑world leadership.

© 2023 by Kelly Lippenholz

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