It’s time to put
love at the center!
This is the keynote talk your team needs!
The heart of your culture transformation begins with this message for all.
“It’s time for more love and less fear at work!”
AHW Founder, Renée Smith, stops people in their tracks and interrupts business-as-usual thinking with her bold message that it is essential to shrink fear and expand love to make work more human — if we want to get results, that is! She captivates audiences by telling them that the secret to transforming their workplaces to be more productive and effective, healthy and happy is Love.
Radical idea? Yes! Fluff? No way. The change people in every occupation and organization urgently need for 2021 is not found in old fear-based ways of leading and working. It is found by creating conditions of love and psychological safety that work in concert with human behavior and biology not against them.
Whether she is keynoting a leadership retreat, kicking off a Culture Transformation Design Process at an All Staff, or speaking to conference audiences or community gatherings in public and private organizations, groups all over the world have been won over to her message.
Based on her original qualitative research as well as insights from neuroscience, behavioral science, and two decades of organizational experience, Renée uses riveting story-telling to inspire leaders and teams to turn away from worn-out industrial-era practices and adopt human-friendly workplace practices to ignite an era of love, empathy and compassion at work and in the world. She offers concrete examples and tools anyone can use for putting love in action each day.
It’s time to change our way of working for good… with love!!
Renee makes the business case for love from the main stage at the Results Washington Conference.
“I am so glad you visited us to remind us of how working in a more human way is a win all around. Thank you. My team members still talk about you and the workshop, which I sense made quite an impact on them. You helped us validate what we sensed was the right thing to do in the workplace regarding being kind to your fellow human.”
— Farid Shawwa, Lean Construction Manager, Consolidated Construction Company, Beirut, Lebanon
commenting on Keynote Talk and Workshop at Lean Construction Conference in Doha, Qatar
Speaking on…
Making Work More Human
What does it take to create a workplace where customers are satisfied and employees and teams can truly thrive? It takes decreasing fear and increasing psychological safety and a more humane way of working. That turn from fear toward psychological safety is based in love. Love? Yes love. Based on insights from Smith’s primary research that included 70 formal interviews as well as hundreds of informal dialogues, learn how caring workplaces are more effective workplaces. Explore the neuroscience of fear and of love, discover the practices anyone can use to create more trust, engagement, and performance on teams. Explore the role of accountability in a human workplace. Be inspired to make your work more human every day!
Length: 60, 75 or 90 minutes
Also offered in a 4-hour and 8-hour workshop formats
It’s Time to Put Love at the Center
One day when she was 27 years old everything came crashing down, literally. In the brokenness, Renée knew this was the time to put love at the center. Later after years of neglect, she realized it was time to put love for her own life at the center again. This set her on a courageous and unlikely journey to put love at the center of government and then to advocate for love at the center of businesses around the world. Be inspired with four key lessons for boldly centering on what’s most important turning challenges, obstacles into the most meaningful contributions of all! A timely and relevant message for all who are reconsidering what’s most important in light of the pandemic and racial awakening and heading into a more meaningful future.
Length: 30 or 45 minutes
Three Secrets to Loving Leadership
“Loving Leadership” means showing love to team members by embracing three core principles of loving leadership. The good news is that compassionate, caring leader behaviors are good for people AND good for performance too. “Loving Leadership” also means compassionate support and self-care as a leader. Experience simple practices that cultivate well-being so you can be the leader you want to be, a leader who achieves results, positively impacts people, AND leaves a legacy in the world. Come away with practical ideas to care for your team and to care for yourself so you can keep achieving results!
Length: 30, 45 or 60 minutes
What Audiences are Saying
“Phenomenal!”
“The best talk of the week.”
“I was moved by her.”
“Every team should hear her speak.”
“Finely crafted experiential learning.”
“Elements of this session will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Renee has spoken hundreds of times including for these organizations.