Speaking & Workshops

Monique D. Hayes

The Legacy Architect

Attorney•Wealth Strategist•Author•Speaker

Keynotes, workshops, and fireside conversations on wealth, legacy, and the decisions that shape what we leave behind.

Monique D. Hayes at her desk

As Featured In

  • Barron's
  • ThinkAdvisor
  • Bloomberg
  • NBC News
  • CBS News
  • Law.com
  • Daily Business Review
  • South Florida Business Journal
  • Business Law Today
  • Brickell Magazine
  • VoyageMIA

About Monique

Monique D. Hayes

Her work helps individuals and organizations overcome barriers to wealth preservation and protection.

Monique is a renowned attorney, author, and speaker. She is a trusted advisor to wealthy and ultra-wealthy families, including professional athletes and entertainers, and to major corporations.

Many rely on her insight and guidance for asset allocation and legacy planning, and to help them equip their teams with accessible, actionable strategies to sustain wealth across generations.

Trusted by teams at
  • Nike
  • Gap
  • AT&T
  • Luxottica
  • Burger King
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield

Signature Keynote

The Legacy Blueprint

Abundance is your birthright, and wealth is available to you.

Monique's Legacy Blueprint keynote and trainings are not just about dollars and cents. They are about the mindset, values, work ethic, and strategies that sustain wealth across generations. She helps you, your team, and your audience design and build a lasting legacy.

The Legacy Blueprint by Monique D. Hayes, book cover
Based on her book
The Legacy Blueprint: A Guide to Bringing Generational Wealth Within Reach
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It is a common misconception that wealth and abundance are out of reach or reserved for a select few. Even people who have achieved financial success often run into barriers to enjoying it. Wealth can be a burden. It starts with limiting beliefs and continues with actions that betray purpose and potential.

This session dispels those misconceptions and gives attendees inspiration, insight, and practical tools to live in abundance and use wealth to impact the lives and issues that matter most to them.

Attendees leave knowing how to

  1. Accept and actualize abundance
  2. Leverage family history, including triumphs, trauma, and drama
  3. Develop a legacy plan that reflects their priorities

Every attendee also receives a master plan, including an estate planning checklist and guidance on engaging the right professionals.

Frequently Requested

Speaking Topics

Women, Wealth, and Estate Planning

Protecting what you build and deciding where it goes.

Business Succession

Planning the handoff before it is forced on you.

Leadership and Resilience

Lessons from restructuring, recovery, and rebuilding.

Social Impact and Nonprofit Sustainability

Building organizations that outlast their founders.

Motivation Monday Fireside Chat

An informal conversation format for teams and communities.

Selected Appearances

Watch and Read

Featured

HBO's Succession and Its Takeaways for Business Owners

What a fictional family empire can teach real business owners about succession, control, and planning ahead.

Conscious Capitalism

Video

USF Outstanding Alumni

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Monique D. Hayes on set at CBS News Miami

On Set at CBS News Miami

Television

From the Audience

What Attendees Say

An amazing speaker, able to read the audience and respond directly to their interests.
Liana F.
Her delivery was sharp and convincing. I felt motivated to immediately put my financial planning and goals into action.
Terri C.
Through humor and real-life situations, the Women, Wine, and Wills seminar gave me insight and confidence to focus on my own legacy.
Gail M.

Speaking Inquiries

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