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Kelly Monaghan

Kelly Monaghan

Managing Director of Upwork Research Institute; future of work and AI advisor studying organizational change at Meta, Accenture, and Deloitte

Jun 2, 2026

Grow Strong Leaders Podcast

Grow Strong Leaders Podcast

379: When Performance Replaces People

Jun 2 · 51m

Meredith Bell
Meredith BellHOST
15:39
Was there a moment that you can remember?
Kelly Monaghan
Kelly MonaghanGUEST
15:42
Well, it was interesting.
Kelly Monaghan
Kelly MonaghanGUEST
15:43
It was actually at a team meeting.
Kelly Monaghan
Kelly MonaghanGUEST
15:46
And so we were, again, it was crisis mode.
Kelly Monaghan
Kelly MonaghanGUEST
15:49
This isn't trying to think of the exact year, but it was during the pandemic.
Kelly Monaghan
Kelly MonaghanGUEST
15:53
And I was leading a team who we were struggling.
Kelly Monaghan
Kelly MonaghanGUEST
15:56
The whole team was struggling because the budgets had changed.

9 MINS LATER

Meredith Bell
Meredith BellHOST
25:23
What was it that you were seeing that created the tension for you personally? Oh Meredith, there's a lot.

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