Let’s Bring the L-Word Back into the Workplace (and No, I Don’t Mean Layoffs)

Let’s Bring the L-Word Back into the Workplace (and No, I Don’t Mean Layoffs)

Audience:  HR professionals, people leaders, talent & culture practitioners

Description:  In this interactive 60-minute workshop, HR professionals will explore how bringing “the L-word” back into the workplace—love defined as humanity, curiosity, and care—strengthens trust, engagement, and leadership effectiveness. Through guided reflection and two hands-on exercises, participants will translate what great teams feel like into observable leadership behaviors and practice shifting everyday workplace conversations from judgment to curiosity. Attendees will leave with a practical one-page tool they can immediately use to coach leaders, support employees, and help create cultures where people feel seen, supported, and safe to do their best work.  

Learning Outcomes:  By the end of this workshop, participants will:

1. Redefine love at work as a strategic leadership capability, not a soft concept
2. Understand how language, curiosity, and presence shape psychological safety
3. Practice two practical tools they can use immediately with leaders and teams
4. Leave with a one-page handout they can reuse in coaching, facilitation, and employee conversations

Lunch will be provided by Blanek’s

Grilled Chicken Breast with Homemade Sauce (White Wine Cream Sauce, Chipotle Sauce, Poblano Sauce, Sun Dried Tomato Basil Sauce)

Mashed Potatoes

Green Beans with Bacon and Onions

Garden Salad with Ranch & Balsamic Vinaigrette

Rolls & Butter

Garden Salad

Heart of Texas Chapter is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program is approved for 1 PDC for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org. 

This activity is pending approval for HRCI (General) recertification credit hour toward a PHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®).