Locations

Here is a list of locations that all OfficeKey members have access to:

BLUE ASH

Westlake Center
4555 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 650
Cincinnati, OH 45242
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DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI

Scripps Center
312 Walnut Street, Suite 1600
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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HYDE PARK

Rookwood Tower
3805 Edwards Road, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45209
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NORTHERN KENTUCKY

Turfway Ridge Office Park
7310 Turfway Road, Suite 550
Florence, KY 41042
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WEST CHESTER

Union Centre
9078 Union Centre Blvd,
Suite 350
West Chester, OH 45069
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Author: Teresa Nichols

"20 Years with OfficeKey"
20 Years at OfficeKeyOfficeKey and our clients are very fortunate to have such a dedicated and loyal team. Last month we celebrated Kim Waters’ 20th anniversary with the company. She is now our sixth staff member to join the prestigious 20-year club!
 
Kim always provides a welcoming presence for the guests that come through our doors as well as for those calling on the phone. Most days Kim can be found at the reception desk in the Hyde Park office.  However, for the first 16 years of her tenure, she spent most of her time in the Blue Ash.  
 
Originally from South Carolina, Kim has brought a dose of “southern charm” to our lives.  She has two children and one granddaughter who she likes to spend as much time with as she can.  Kim is an avid animal lover and is particularly fond of cats.  
 
Please join us in thanking Kim and congratulating her on 20 years! 
"Adopt-A-Class: A Rewarding Experience"

Preschool ExperienceThis past school year OfficeKey partnered with the local a non-profit called the Adopt-A-Class Foundation and adopted a class at South Avondale Elementary School.  Once a month a small group of OfficeKey team members would spend about an hour with a preschool class.  It was a treat in and of itself to witness the inspirational teaching style of their very dedicated teacher, Mrs. Mays.  

For each visit we prepared some fun activities and filled them up with lots of snacks.  Some of the highlights were the Halloween party and making slime! We had such a great time interacting with the children.  I’m quite sure that we got more out of it than the students did!

We look forward to continuing our partnership with Adopt-A-Class when school starts again in August. Please let us know if you are interested in joining us on what I’m sure will be another rewarding experience.  

Check out some photos of our Adopt-A-Class activities! 

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"Peg Stookey, The Legacy Center"

Career change happens. You lose a job. Take a package. Decide to leave. Buy a business. Close a business. The Legacy Center helps people take control and make a change on their terms. Peg Stookey is the founder of The Legacy Center and an OfficeKey Client. Get to know Peg in her client spotlight! 

Tell us about The Legacy Center.

  • In its current iteration, The Legacy Center is just me. I help professionals that are employed, unemployed and self-employed to lead their future career/business success by providing career coaching and leadership training. Many of my career clients are in a job change situation so we work on “Change Readiness” and job search confidence.
  • I lead mastermind sessions for solo business owners to help them accelerate their success.
  • Because it’s a necessary tool for all of my clients, I spend considerable time helping them with overall personal branding, LinkedIn, resumes, elevator speeches, networking, etc.
  • The personal branding work has become so integral and enjoyable that I’m in the process of launching a new company, MaxPotential U and rebranding myself as a Personal Brand and Career Strategist. This is truly where my heart is; helping professionals to unleash their unlimited potential in order to create better work, life, relationships, retirements, etc.

Who is your ideal client?

  • Proactive, employed or unemployed professionals who want to go further, faster. Many of my cli
    ents come from P&G because I have a Change Readiness program that qualifies for their retraining benefit which is a huge win-win for them!
  • Solopreneurs who don’t want to be alone on their entrepreneurial journey, want help to lead their success as a business owner and also want to help others do the same. I offer individual strategic leadership training/coaching as well as small group mastermind and accountability sessions which I facilitate.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

  • I’m especially good at helping others see what they can’t: what’s good and right about them AND what they can do with that insight. I LOVE helping people to quickly make a huge turn-around, achieve more than they ever thought possible and learn to embrace change and uncertainty. This is transformational work which is extremely fulfilling.
  • Another aspect that I LOVE is that I work with brilliant people who have very different experiences and knowledge. I’m privileged to get to know them at such a deep level and learn from them.
  • Finally, I’m a StrengthFinder® believer! I’ve created a business model that leverages my top strengths of Futuristic, Strategic, Ideator, Activator and Maximizer. People often will say things like, “Wow! Your strengths really match your work!” It’s actually more strategic than that. I’ve created work that leverages my strengths. With very little effort, my work is joyful because I get to use the best of me nearly every single day!

What is the best career advice you were ever given?

Be authentic. Don’t try to be someone else, even if it seems to be what is demanded or expected of you. I struggled as a franchise consultant with the “good ol’ boys” way of doing the business. Ironically, it was a man who was hired by one of the “boys” to do a session on networking best practices who gave that advice. It transformed my approach and lifted a 5-ton weight from my shoulders. It was then that I started to succeed and then that I realized that I didn’t want to be part of that particular group. My first company, Legacy Connection, LLC was born not long after and I’ve never looked back. Another irony: I LOVE working with men (50%+ of my clients are men) and they sincerely appreciate my approach. I guess it’s both insightful and refreshing for them to have professional, purposeful, heartfelt conversations that help them explore areas that they’ve never traversed before.

What do you enjoy most about your partnership with OfficeKey?

  • I really appreciate that I can present a professional presence without having to invest in a full-time office. I’ve done the Panera/Starbucks approach and even had a dedicated office for several years. In order to do my best work as a coach and strategist, I need a quiet office space. I also need space for groups to meet and to do workshops. The diversity and flexibility really work for me.
  • I LOVE that there are 5 locations so that it’s convenient for me to meet my clients where they are.
  • Finally, the staff rocks!!    

How do you spend time outside of work?

I read a lot and love to cook, garden, play with our dogs and grandkids. I’m especially interested in learning about nutrition and how food acts as medicine when used correctly. It’s been pretty shocking to realize that nearly everything I’ve learned about nutrition is wrong.

What is the last book that you read?

I’m reading Food: What the Heck Should We Eat by Mark Hyman. It’s easily the most comprehensive, credible and life-changing nutrition/wellness book I’ve read (and I’ve read a lot of them).

To learn more about Peg and The Legacy Center, visit her website or join us for her Key Connections Presentation.

"Meet Juha Seppanen of Nordic Industries"

Juha Seppanen of Nordic IndustriesJuha Seppanen, founder & CEO of Nordic Industries, is our client spotlight this month. Nordic Industries is one of our many international clients. They have been with OfficeKey for almost 4 years. 

Q: Tell us about Nordic Industries.

A: Nordic Industries Development Group provides sales channel development and management services to industry leaders globally.

We combine operational consulting with the leading edge smart sales tool, The Rudolf, to enable our clients to be in full control of their sales channels

Q: Who is your ideal client? 

A: Dynamic and fast-growing company, which is looking for international expansion. They have marketing in place, good references and committed sales team

Q: What was it about Cincinnati (or maybe Blue Ash specifically) that helped you choose to establish your North American operation here?   

A: Support of Anne Cappel with her EACC (European-American Chamber of Commerce) network and Neil Hensley’s of Blue Ash. The manufacturing industries in Midwest and this region, in general, are very much similar to that of Scandinavia.

Q: What do you like most about your partnership with OfficeKey?

A: Business made easy. They are reliable, available, efficient and nice.

Q: What is the biggest difference in running a business in the United States versus Finland?

A: In USA there is more of administrative layers and paper filling.  Also to get to speak to right people is hard. In Finland, you do not need an introduction to your network. You just call the person.

Q: What do you most enjoy about living and working in the United States?  

A: People and Midwest weather.

Q: What do you miss most about being away from Finland?  

A: Vibrant SME community and openness to new ideas

Q: How do you spend time outside of work?

A: Kids hobbies, mainly Ice Hockey and dinners with friends

Q: If you could have dinner with one historical figure (living or dead) who would it be and why?

A: Leonardo da Vinci or Churchill.

Q: What is your favorite book?

A: Things of the darkness by Harry Thompson. The Story of Admiral Fitzgerald and Darwin in their conquest of South America (before Darwin became famous)

Q: What is your favorite singer or band? 

A: Too many. From Rush to Pat Metheny…

Learn more about Nordic Industries 

"Administrative Professionals Day – April 25, 2018"

Administrative Professionals DayAdministrative Professionals Day is one that we hold in high regard at OfficeKey.  Our staff works day in and day out to keep all of our clients’ businesses running smoothly. Schedules are regularly adjusted in order to assist with whatever need walks through the door, calls on the phone or pops up in the inbox. We are very mindful of the privilege and trust that our clients have given us. It goes without saying that they have earned a day to honor their hard work.  

Once a year we celebrate each other on this day and make it a point to get together and enjoy a nice lunch as a team.  With five office locations spread across the city, it is a rare occasion that our staff is able to gather in one place.  This is the one day out of the year that we do so during business hours. Thank you to all of our clients for trusting us with the details of their office and allowing us to spend this time together.  

"OfficeKey Partnerships & Affiliations"

There are many professional associations and chambers in Cincinnati that are a key part of our local business community.  OfficeKey has long valued our partnerships with many of these organizations.  We clearly see the value in investing in these groups that support many of the industries that our clients are part of and our region at large.  They also provide a fantastic opportunity for us to connect with others  within the industry that we don’t know yet.  We recently added a list of partner affiliations to our website.  Please check it out by following this link.  If you are familiar with any groups that are potentially a fit but are not represented, please let us know.

"Cristofoli-Keeling, Inc."

Cristofoli-Keeling, IncAfter a spending a good part of her career in advertising and design, former design client services manager Ann Keeling created Cristofoli-Keeling, Inc., a marketing communications firm.  For nearly 20 years, Ann and her team have been focused on building business through marketing communications for large and small B2B, B2C and non-profit clients based in Cincinnati, around the U.S. and in Europe.  Clients include 84.51°, dunnhumbyUSA, LaRosa’s, Comey & Shepherd Realtors, among others.

Nearly 100% of the woman-owned firm’s business is referral-based – which speaks volumes.  Cristofoli-Keeling’s client relationships are long-term, too – with a length of over eight years.  Cristofoli-Keeling is a lean, flexible team of marketing specialists, allowing them to assemble the team that’s just right for a particular project or brand. Clients have access to decades of collective experience in marketing communications.  The firm focuses on owned media (digital assets such as web sites, social media, content and brand identity development and collateral materials, etc.), earned media (word of mouth marketing and public relations) and paid media (advertising and sponsorships).

Cristofoli-Keeling, Inc. has been recognized with over a dozen PRSA Blacksmith Awards for excellence in earned & owned media for B2B, B2C and non-profit clients.

Cristofoli-Keeling CincinnatiFounder Ann Keeling is extremely involved in the local community with active roles in the United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s Tocqueville Society, as a board member of Cancer Family Care and Pets in Need and a key member of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Individual Giving Committee.

Feel free to contact Ann Keeling at 513-381-3248 or [email protected] if you’d like to talk about partnering with Cristofoli-Keeling, Inc.

 

For more on what Cristofoli-Keeling is up to, visit:

http://www.cristofolikeeling.com

https://twitter.com/CKinsight

https://www.linkedin.com/company/cristofoli-keeling-inc-

https://www.facebook.com/cristofolikeeling

http://www.cristofolikeeling.com/blog/piehole/

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