Episode 98 - Renee Smith, Founder and CEO of A Human Workplace

I really enjoyed this conversation with Renee Smith who opens our conversation with one of the most vulnerable personal stories of vulnerability shared on this podcast so far. 

Renee really does role-model the change she wants to see in the world, bringing the importance of love to the workplace, however, people wish to name or adopt that.  We also discuss leadership, culture, vulnerability, courage and much more. Some key highlights include: - 

“We want to contribute; we want to matter. We want to be cared about ourselves. Of course love belongs at work and when we are in a condition when we feel love, we give and do and be our very best” – 09.20 - 

“You are a good investment. Invest in yourself. I was worthy of investing in” – 11.45 - 

“We need to be creating an environment where you stop, and we turn and we face someone to truly listen to them,  and we look them in the eye and we turn away from our devices and our computer and we hear them.” – 36.10 - 

“Tell me a story about a time when you felt afraid at work and tell me a story about a time when you felt loved or any version of that at work?” – 38.00 

Renee can be found via the following means: 

Email - renee@makeworkmorehuman.com 

Website - https://www.makeworkmorehuman.com/ 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-smith-wa-state-lean/ 

Bio: As the Founder and CEO of A Human Workplace, Renée champions a more loving, humane, and safe workplace where everyone is welcome to bring their whole selves to work. This is an effective workplace where individuals and teams can be and do and bring their very best to their toughest challenges. Under her leadership, A Human Workplace provides an expanding and unique set of cultural resources for leaders and teams including learning experiences, ready to use tools, gatherings, train the trainer, coaching, and consulting services to public and private organizations as well as to communities who want to make work more human and loving. Renee also conducts primary research, writes, and speaks on Making Work More Human, and personally hosts gatherings of A Human Workplace to help people (re)discover human values and practice what it means to be human at work. She actively collaborates with others around the world to grow global momentum to shift workplace cultures everywhere and to lift up a brilliant community of people each holding insights for a more human workplace.

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