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Format
[90- Minute Executive Lab/ Half-day Blueprint Lab]
Trusted Advisors Supporting Leaders through Transformation
AI changed what is possible. Now leaders must redesign how work gets done.
AI can take organizations to new heights. The blueprint determines what you do with it.
The New Leadership Blueprint Lab
A half-day immersive for executive teams building the narrative, the alignment, and the decisions that will define how they lead through AI.
Group Size
[5-30 Participants]
Delivery
[Best in person; adapted to the team, location, and engement design]
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Leadership is drifting, and that has a cost.
When organizations pursue tools without clear principles, they risk eroding trust, diluting culture, and mistaking automation for advantage. Left unexamined, the systems we build today will shape the opportunities — and limitations — of the next generation.
A rigorous path from possibility to decision.
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Diagnose the work
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Redesign the system
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Commit to Action
What you leave with:
- Shared future-state markers
- One redesigned workflow
- One future capability
- One 90-day executive decision
We believe the future of work should be designed — not inherited.
We believe the future of work should be designed — not inherited.
We believe the future of work should be designed — not inherited.
We believe leadership must evolve alongside technology.
We believe leadership must evolve alongside technology.
We believe leadership must evolve alongside technology.
We believe intention is the most strategic advantage of our time.
We believe intention is the most strategic advantage of our time.
We believe intention is the most strategic advantage of our time.
We believe that investment in people and the organization is as important as the technology itself.
We believe that investment in people and the organization is as important as the technology itself.
We believe that investment in people and the organization is as important as the technology itself.
Built for:
Leadership offsites and executive retreats
HR and Talent Leaders
Intact leadership teams navigating transformation, transition, or alignment moments
Boards and executive committees preparing for high-stakes decisions
Kelly was wonderful. She is so personable and took the time to speak with our members at the President’s Reception. We so enjoyed spending time with her at dinner. She is just a delight! Some members didn’t expect to gain anything by listening to her, but after she speak, they thought differently.
North American Excavation Shoring Association
Kelly Monahan expertly guides leaders on how to create thriving, adaptable teams in an era of constant change.
Dorie Clark
Wall Street Journal bestselling author
I’ve attended dozens, if not hundreds of keynotes over my career and I have to say Kelly Monahan’s was one of my favorites and left me key talking points I’ve already brought into conversations both at work and at home.
Sr. HR Leader
Fortune 500 Retailer
Trusted by Organizations and Leadership Communities
Our approach: Academic rigor meets seasoned practitioner
Beyond the Desk brings together academic rigor and Fortune 100 experience to help leaders address what’s actually broken—at the organizational, team, and individual levels. Because sustainable change requires seeing the whole system, not just part of it.
Founded by experienced executive leaders.
Founded by researcher Kelly Monahan and organizational psychologist Kim Fazio, Beyond the Desk brings together the big picture of where work is headed and the practical reality of what it takes to lead through it.
We started Beyond the Desk with a simple belief: the future of work should be designed, not inherited.
Leadership must evolve as fast as technology.
Intention is the most underutilized strategic advantage.
And investing in people is as critical as investing in technology.
Beyond the Desk exists to help leaders turn these beliefs into decisions, behaviors, and outcomes that shape what comes next.