Kelly Irons
ACCA Training Director
Kelly Irons founded the developUs Worldwide business in 2013 after nearly twenty years in leadership roles in corporate America.  Her background includes training and organizational development, in public, private and non-profit sectors.  She has a BA in psychology, a Masters of Training and Adult Education, and an Executive MBA Certificate in Talent Management.  She’s a certified coach with International Coach Federation and a Certified Presence-Based Coach, in addition to being both a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst and a Certified Professional Driving Forces Analyst.  She’s a published author, number 1 rated keynote speaker, and speaks regionally, nationally and internationally. Kelly has won multiple awards for her work in both the community and in multiple organizations.

Dating back to her early teenage years as a volunteer in therapy groups for kids, and her early career running residential mental health facilities for adolescents in Philadelphia, her entire career has focused on designing and delivering programs that help people explore their experience and learn the skills for success at individual and organizational levels. There’s no doubt about it, Kelly loves this business.

As the leader of the developUs Worldwide business, Kelly’s core focus on developing high performing relationships drives the approach to partnerships, client relationships, and how we work with employees and contractors. In our partnership we strive to deliver the highest quality programs and products, but also to develop high-performing and meaningful relationships with our clients. Not only do we want you to love the outcome, but we want you to enjoy the process, and we want you to like working with us. Around here, teamwork and authenticity reign king, and Kelly can be found digging into design and delivery work when duty calls, and seen in a baseball hat and flip flops when working behind the scenes.

While the developUs team works with a majority of the clients we serve, Kelly personally works with a select few corporate clients and individual coaching clients every year, and focuses on generating positive impact in the areas of sales, recruiting, leadership, organizational development and training and professional development. She is also the Executive Director for CorporateConnections Charlotte, which brings leader together from around the world do create opportunities and catalyze change in their business, communities and lives.

Personally, Kelly lives in Charlotte, NC and out of all of the leadership jobs she has even held, that of being a parent to her two children is by far her favorite.