S. Renee Smith

S. Renee Smith

Author | Self-Esteem for Dummies & 5 Steps to Assertiveness: How to Communicate with Confidence and Get What You Want

S. Renee has held leadership positions since her twenties, including working for a Fortune 500 company. With over 20 years of experience in communications and image development, she’s the former director of public relations and advisor to a president in academia, television host, producer, and spokesperson for Paramount (UPN-Philadelphia), and the owner two small businesses.

As a self-esteem, branding and communications expert, speaker, and certified professional coach, S. Renee is known for her ability to close the gaps in audiences' minds regarding how they see themselves, their careers, and their abilities to achieve success. She has worked with corporations such as Cigna, Bank of America, KeyBank, and Wal-Mart. She is also the creator and presenter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Senior Leadership Program, Powerful Leaders: Transform Your Personal Brand and Executive Presence.

S. Renee’s lessons are so relevant and easy to apply that global publisher Wiley, of the world’s best-selling reference brand series, For Dummies, hired her to co-author, Self-Esteem for Dummies (2015). Shortly after that, publisher Callisto Media hired her to write 5 Steps to Assertiveness: How to Communicate with Confidence and Get What You Want (2017) because her “advice on leadership and relationships in the workplace is results-oriented and actionable.” She is the author of four additional titles.

An industry expert, OK! Magazine, Woman’s World, Entrepreneur, Shape, Marketing Daily, and Workwise have shared her practical advice with their readers. And S. Renee has made countless radio and television appearances including being offered her own segment on 47abc. The weekly segment was called, Tips and Tools with S. Renee.

A history maker, S. Renee became the first Honorary Command Chief at the Department of Defense’s largest aerial port, Dover Air Force Base. In this role, she supported the chief in addressing issues and caring for enlisted members. She also was one of 150 people in the nation invited by the Secretary of the United States Air Force to attend the 62nd National Security Forum at Air War College (Maxell, Air Force Base, AL). At the forum, S. Renee shared perspectives on international relations, leadership, and military affairs with national military leaders. S. Renee was the first woman elected to chair the Human Relations Commission in Dover, Delaware.

Among many recognitions as a business and community leader, Broadsheet, Fortune's daily newsletter, listed her as a mover and shaker. For the impact she has made on others’ lives, July 17, 2010, was declared S. Renee Smith Day in the City of Buffalo, New York. On May 9, 2013, she received a commendation from Delaware House of Representatives as a Personal Growth Expert, and on April 16, 2015, Wilmington City Council acknowledged her for her literary work. In 2006, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the National Association for Equal Opportunity.

S. Renee has worked as a senior manager, leadership development at AWS, executive development lead at Amazon, and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at RALIANCE; an organization whose mission is to create safe and equitable workplaces. 

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