FREE RESOURCE: 7 Steps to Lead With Love
Transform Your Workplace with Loving Leadership
Renée shows you how Love creates engaged, high-performing teams where customers are truly satisfied!
Love? Yes, Love!
Renée Smith boldly advocates for bringing more love and less fear into the workplace. A keynote speaker, behavioral scientist, and leadership expert, Renée combines decades of organizational experience, original research, and insights from neuroscience to inspire leaders to build more human, effective, and high-performing workplaces. Through powerful storytelling and evidence-based strategies, she challenges outdated leadership norms and provides practical tools that help leaders foster belonging, trust, and engagement. Whether speaking to executives, teams, or entire organizations, Renée’s message is clear: love is not only great for people—it’s great for business.
Renée Smith is the 2025 People’s Choice Award Winner for the National Speaker’s Association NW Last Story Standing Competition!
Storytelling is at the heart of Renée’s research and her keynote talks!
Learn about how to bring her powerful storytelling and message to your group.
The Future of Work is Love, Not Fear
"What if the workplace wasn’t built on fear, but on love? I’m Renée Smith, and I believe the most effective leaders and teams are the ones who create conditions of love—where people feel valued, safe, and free to bring their full creative selves to work. Through research, storytelling, and practical strategies, I help organizations move beyond outdated leadership models to build workplaces where both people and performance thrive. It’s time to put love at the center of work!"
Proudly speaking to these groups and more:
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“Engaging speaker!" "Wonderful session!" "Loved this so much! Renee is fantastic!" "Her presentation was very powerful!" "Wonderful information and very important."
"Renee was great and this was an awesome session!" "We need this in our office so badly." "One of my favorite sessions!" " I've already shared this inforomation with several people."
"Renee was great and this was an awesome session!" "We need this in our office so badly." "One of my favorite sessions!" " I've already shared this inforomation with several people."
“I enjoyed Renee's dynamic presentation!" "She has wonderful energy that engages people!" "Incredible session." "Amazing speaker and content."
“I enjoyed Renee's dynamic presentation!" "She has wonderful energy that engages people!" "Incredible session." "Amazing speaker and content."
Leading Global Voice on Loving Leadership
Founder & CEO of A Human Workplace and Co-Founder of the Center for a Loving Workplace
Former Director of Workplace Transformation in the Governor’s Office for the State of Washington
Behavioral scientist and organizational expert with over two decades of experience in leadership, culture change, and workplace transformation
Respected keynote speaker who has addressed audiences across industries—including manufacturing, education, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, IT, social services, military, construction, professional services, and more
Research-based insights on love in the workplace, backed by qualitative studies and neuroscience
Featured on global stages in eleven countries and media sharing a powerful case for why love is essential to leadership and work
Podcast host and thought leader, sharing strategies for building compassionate, high-performing teams
Award-winning speaker, leader, and scholar, winning…
The People’s Choice Award in the National Speaker Association NW’s Last Story Standing competition
The coveted Governor’s Leadership in Management Award for the State of Washington
The Ashton Scholar Award in the School of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University.
Are you ready for love to impact your team?
More Essential Human Skills
Participants in Renée’s talks and programs report a 42-70% increase in qualities such as gratitude, kindness, care, awareness of self and of others, listening, managing biases, connecting behaviors, inclusion, trust, and resilient self-care.
More Positive Team Actions
Participants in Renée’s talks and programs report a 34-56% increase in positive team behaviors such as recognition, cross-team connection, sharing ideas, listening, vulnerability, feedback, productive disagreements, forgiveness, and fun.
More Customer Focus
Participants report a 33-60% improvement in customer-centric behaviors like increased awareness of customers as humans, seeking to understand customers’ needs, engagement, and commitment to meeting needs.
These impacts lead to better business and human outcomes:
Greater productivity, problem-solving, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and retention AND better emotional, mental, and physical health for team members!
Doha, Qatar
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Seattle, Washington
Gathering in Olympia
Barcelona, Spain
Olympia, Washington
Washingont State Lean Conference
Lean Enterprise Institute Coaching Summit
Olympia, Washington
Doha, Qatar
A Human Workplace Olympia
A Human Workplace Olympia closing
Doha, Qatar
Reykjavik, Iceland
Lisbon, Portugal
With Governor Jay Inslee
Doha, Qatar
iTec in Barcelona
iTec in Barcelona
Administrative Professionals for WA State
A Human Workplace Olympia
Canadian Lean Summit, Toronto, Canada
Doha, Qatar
Lean Enterprise Institute
A Human Workplace Team
Renee Smith with Kimberly Davis, author of Brave Leadership, and Sesil Pir, author of Human-Centered Leadership
A Human Workplace Olympia