About Mary Holevas
From Fortune 500 corporations to small/midsize
companies, Mary Holevas transforms leadership and inspires teams to
greater success.
Her company, Cornerstones of Leadership, offers
professional leadership development and training that
sharpens leadership skills, maximizes team effectiveness, and improves
individual performance.
An engaging speaker, Mary is known for her professionalism
and humor. Through her keynotes, and training, Mary shows executives
how to create a work environment that ignites passion, greater commitment,
and accountability. By implementing the cornerstones of leadership,
your leaders are inspired to greatness while discovering how to bring
out the best in their team.
Her unique insight comes from serving years in
senior management in “Corporate America”, as a business
consultant, and as a strategic business partner in her husband’s
dental practice. Additionally, Mary developed a real understanding of
corporate culture with over 19 years experience in organizational development
and human resources. Under her direction, Mary transformed the way her
company approached HR by moving the department from the first floor,
to the executive floor suites and renaming the department "organizational
culture". The switch, helped the company better focus on maximizing
human potential. The result was that the company went from good to great.
Other industries Mary has served in include work
in telecommunications, medical supply manufacturing, financial, food
& beverage industries, and the health and dental care industries.
Mary lives in Elgin,
Illinois. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelors
in Business Administration and earned a Masters of Science in MSIR Organizational
Development and Human Resources from Loyola University.