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Employee Engagement has never been more important and yet it is, according to Gallup at an eleven-year low of just 30% highly engaged and 17% actively disengaged. Clearly business as usual is not working, and it is time to follow the lead of organizations that are bucking this trend with intentional leadership and operational practices based on love, not fear. Love? Yes, love.
In this workshop, researcher, writer, and international speaker, Renée Smith, MSOD, LSSBB, shares insights on cultivating a culture of engagement based on love. This is a natural fit for any leader embracing deep respect for people, humility, and continuous improvement. She will review her Love not Fear Research and share her Loving Leadership framework. Smith will provide participants with a sample of the Loving Leaders assessment, emphasizing the leader’s role in embedding love in the organization’s structures and operations. These shifts promote safety, belonging, contribution, and meaning leading to improved engagement. Join us to learn the elements of this model and consider your strengths and opportunities for building engagement in 2025. https://www.gallup.com/workplace/643286/engagement-hits-11-year-low.aspx
A Human Workplace leads a growing movement to make workplaces everywhere more loving and human. We do this because this is a better way of working: It’s better for team members, better for customers and stakeholders, and better for organizations. We could all stand for things to be better right now! https://www.makeworkmorehuman.com/
Renée Smith (she/her) is the founder and CEO of A Human Workplace, a consultancy serving the US and UK, and co-founder of the Center for a Loving Workplace, a non-profit. She makes the business case for love as a researcher, writer, speaker, and Loving Leader. Renée served in the Governor’s office as Director of workplace transformation for the State of Washington and led award-winning culture change work. She earned a Master of Science in organization development from Pepperdine University and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Washington.
She lives in Tacoma with her husband, Jim. She enjoys traveling anywhere, sculling on the Puget Sound, drawing with oil pastels, concocting craft cocktails for friends, and hosting "Grandma Camp".
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
09:55 a.m. Check in
10 a.m. Introduction
10:05 a.m. Presenter presentation
10:50 a.m. Q&A
11 a.m. Webinar concludes
- Five fear-based leadership behaviors and the harm they cause.
- Useful definition of love in a professional setting.
- Common sense value stream of loved-based leadership and its benefits.
- Three domains for development as a loving leader.
- Practical insights on improving operations and culture for employee engagement.
- Executives and senior leaders, team managers, and supervisors who value employee engagement
- Professionals interested in transforming workplaces for better human and business outcomes
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