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Kelly MacCallum 🪴

Enigma · DISC type DIC
Employee Engagement and Retention Program Strategist, Author at Stay Talent
📍 Canada

Kelly MacCallum is a people and culture leader with over 15 years of experience in employee engagement, retention, and culture transformation. She designs scalable people programs and is a published author on creating cultures that retain talent. People who have worked with her describe her as driven, passionate, and dedicated to success.

Kelly is deeply passionate about her work, dedicating her downtime to her side project, Stay Talent, which helps organizations tackle the real reasons people leave. She is a frequent podcast guest and speaker at summits, sharing her expertise on building thriving workplace cultures and fostering intrinsic motivation.

She is the author of two books: "Stay: Create a Culture Theyll Never Want to Leave" and "Nobody Wants to F**king Work Here. "

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Employee Engagement and Retention Program Strategist, Author
Job Level
Junior
Location
Canada
Personality Overview

How Kelly shows up

Challenger
Fast Follower
Friendly Yet Blunt

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.

Priorities

Topics Kelly cares about

Employee Retention
Her entire career, consultancy "Stay Talent, " and published books are focused on evidence-based strategies to help organizations retain their top talent.
Culture Transformation
She has extensive experience leading national programs and advising executives on building values-driven cultures grounded in employee insights.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Employee Engagement and Retention Program Strategist, Author
Stay Talent
6-2024 - 9-2025
Senior Change & Talent Partner
BenchSci
8-2019 - 6-2023
Senior Advisor, Workforce Strategy and Culture
Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada - EDC
6-2017 - 8-2019
Culture and Change Advisor
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
8-2015 - 5-2017
Manager, Delivery and Customer Success Team
i-Sight Software by Customer Expressions
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2019 - 2019
Coaching for Performance
Queen's University
Advance Diploma (3 Year) Business Administration
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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