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Capitol City Speakers Bureau

Healthcare Speakers

Renee Thompson, RN, DNP, CMSRN, CSP
CEO & Founder of Healthy Workforce Institute
Renee Thompson
KEYNOTE FEE:

$10,001 - $15,000

Keynote fee falls within this range. For exact fee, please contact us.
TRAVELS FROM:

Florida
Culture & Engagement
Nursing

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Renee Thompson

● Biography

Renee grew up in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, the oldest of 5 kids. There was never a dull moment in the Rossi home as her parents provided anyone in need a seat at the dinner table and sometimes a place to stay. Renee’s father had a strong work ethic (still does) and worked hard to provide for his family. Her mom kept everyone fed, watered, clothed, and is extremely kind, generous, and loving. Renee acquired her drive to accomplish everything she could in this one precious life and her passion for helping others from her parents.

Adulting didn’t come easy for Renee at first. She married young and had two kids right away, without the means to provide for them.  One day she looked around and decided she wanted a better life for her girls and for herself. So, she got her associate degree in nursing at a local community college, then got her bachelors, masters, and finally, in 2015, received her doctoral degree in nursing. Along the way, she divorced her first husband and married the man of her dreams. Together, Ashley and Renee have built a life that they love.

Ten years ago, Renee took a leap of faith, quit a really great job that she loved, and started her own business. The business started basically as Renee – a speaker. Fast-forward to today, and she’s expanded the business beyond just her and now enjoys watching her company develop into an institute that serves numerous clients around the globe.

Renee Thompson

● Featured Keynote Programs

ENOUGH! Breaking the Cycle of Bullying in Healthcare: Strategies for Leaders

This presentation tackles the prevalent problem of bullying and incivility in healthcare settings, emphasizing its detrimental impact on individuals, organizations, the nursing profession, and patients. Despite long-standing awareness the issues persists, resulting in the loss of valuable employees. The speaker advocates for a proactive stance against bullying, emphasizing the responsibility of leaders to break the cycle. The keynote provides practical tools and strategies for leaders to promptly confront workplace bullying and incivility, fostering a healthier work environment. By equipping leaders to handle disruptive behaviors, the presentation aims to enhance employee retention and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

From Exhausted to Extraordinary: Fostering a Culture of Well-being in an Unpredictable World

Experience the emotional rollercoaster of healthcare, from celebrating life’s beginnings to mourning its end. As a healthcare professional, you may leave work with mixed feelings—awe at human resilience and exhaustion from emotional strain. If you’re questioning your commitment or feeling depleted, it doesn’t have to be that way. Join our engaging presentation to discover practical strategies that can turn exhaustion into fulfillment. Learn the secret to leaving work with a positive impact, even in the face of challenges.

Are You the Bully, the Witness, the Target, or the Champion? Identifying the Role We Play in Addressing Workplace Bullying and Incivility

More people witness bullying behavior than experience it. They say things like, “poor thing. I’m just glad I’m not the target.” And then there are others who ARE the bullies, but rarely, do they recognize it. Finally, some people find themselves targets of bullying behavior and many times, suffer in silence. In this keynote presentation, we are finally putting an end to workplace bullying and incivility in healthcare, by first recognizing the distinct role we each play in the presence of bullying. Second, by adopting role specific strategies to decrease incidents of bullying within the work culture, and third, by choosing a different role – the role of champion to cultivate a healthy work culture.

Tearing Down Healthcare Silos: Developing Physician and Nurse Leaders

This presentation addresses the strong evidence associated with how to build better nursing and physician interprofessional teams. Unfortunately, it doesn’t often happen via osmosis. It takes initiative beyond intuition! Four powerful dimensions of a team culture will be explored: values, beliefs, norms, and underlying assumptions. Subsequently, these elements will serve as the “target points” for cultivating powerful and successful interprofessional teams, employing stakeholder development, lateral management, and prioritizing relationships —all centered around serving the broader organizational enterprise.

Why I Don’t Work Here Anymore! Recruiting and Retention: Strategies for Healthcare Leaders

This keynote presentation addresses compelling evidence explaining the persistence of toxic behaviors within our healthcare organizations and offers practical solutions. It sheds light on how individuals exhibiting “Dr. Jekylls and Mr. Hyde” characteristics manage to engage in shaming, passive hostility, and team sabotage without repercussions. This keynote issues a call to action for healthcare leaders, urging them to prevent the erosion of team performance, patient safety, and their bottom line. While many leaders express a desire to address these issues, the lack of intuitive solutions often leads to potential failure. Drawing from Dr. Kusy’s own three-year research study on this pervasive issue, the keynote provides insights into short-term to long-term actions backed by strong evidence.
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● Featured Reviews

“What a phenomenal presentation! Renee’s ability to deliver a powerful presentation, in a meaningful and "fun" way, was one of the most well received (myself included) presentations, I have had the privilege of being part of, in a long time! Frontline staff nurses walked out hugging me, saying "Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this". Wow!!!”

VP/CNO Surgical & Procedural Services
HeritageValley Health System

“Renee ‘knocked it out of the park’! She is funny, direct, fast paced, uses research/evidence to support her comments, and really touched a nerve with our attendees. They loved her! I highly recommend her!”

PhD, RN
Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders

“Renee provided excellent content and take away strategies. She was a big hit! I honestly can't remember reviewing such rave reviews from any other keynote presenter for our conference."

MSN, RN-BC, Coordinator
Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning, University of Southern Indiana

“The Healthy Workforce Institute brought to our annual Forum the level of engagement, action, and cross-disciplinary content we hoped for! With workforce one of the key topics in our Forum and an industry-wide pinch point, having Renee share her expertise provided our health center staff with innovative, actionable, and practical ways to grow and strengthen their teams. In a world full of ‘experts’, Renee brings the workplace experience and practical know-how that health center teams need to put theory to practice.”

MPA, Director of Engagement
West Virginia Primary Care Association
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● Featured Books

From Exhausted to Extraordinary: Strategies to Reverse Nurse Fatigue
"Do No Harm" Applies To Nurses Too!: Strategies to Protect and Bully-proof Yourself at Work

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