Why Workplace Woke?
Because you shouldn’t have to lose yourself to succeed—and I’ve spent my career proving that you don’t.
Erin Smith
Workplace Transformation Strategist | Faith-Based Mentor | Founder, Workplace Woke
20 years in Silicon Valley Tech
Sales, Global Cyber Transformation, Customer Success, and Change Management. Basically, I’ve seen (and shifted) it all.
Credentials with character. Insight with integrity.
Brains, backbone, and a bias for doing right.
Systems-thinking. Strategic guts. Soul-led wisdom.
Workplace reform needs more than tactics—I bring the trifecta.
Shifting from individual contributor to management at a Fortune 100 company wasn’t the peak—it was the pivot.
It showed me how often high performers are promoted into systems that expect them to lead change, without giving them the clarity, language, or support to do it well.
That realization pulled me into the coaching, strategy, and transformation work I now lead, helping high-achievers build careers and cultures that reflect their values, not just their titles.
I don’t just teach leadership—I’ve lived the pressure that comes with influence, visibility, and high expectations.
From high-stakes sales environments to global cyber transformation, I know what it’s like to carry impossible targets, shifting priorities, and the quiet expectation to keep proving yourself—even when your results speak for themselves.
If you’ve ever felt pressure to mute your values just to be taken seriously, this work is for you.
I help ambitious professionals lead with conviction, protect their peace, and succeed without adopting behaviors that don’t align with who they are.
Impact shouldn’t cost your values, after all.
There’s no one-size-fits-all version of leadership or impact, especially at the levels you’re operating at.
My work focuses on frameworks that flex with the leader, the culture, and the moment—so what you build actually holds up when the stakes are real.