Workplace Support
Create a culture of care: equip your people with practical tools to help them navigate grief and to support one another
Take the awkwardness & guesswork out of grief support at work
Grief in the workplace
When an employee has died, or someone in the workplace is grieving the death of a loved one or has experienced a significant life disruption, the impact on colleagues can be significant. Grief in the workplace can be overwhelming for both employers and employees. It can be difficult to know how best to respond, and how to strike the right balance between ensuring employees feel well supported and understood in their grief, and minimising disruptions to productivity.
As a Leader or People & Capability Professional, you needn’t navigate this alone
Feeling stuck, unsure how best to support your staff. That’s where I come in. I equip people with practical tools they can put in place immediately to help them better cope when life is messy and hard (Delivered with good measures of compassion, sensitivity and ‘heart’!).
I offer a range of different types of support - masterclasses, webinars or support and education sessions - depending on what is most needed. The first step is to organise an initial complimentary conversation. This allows me to understand the unique needs of your workplace and, for us together, to agree what needs to happen next, and the aspects that you would like my help with.
Contact me now. Your employees, and your organisation’s bottom line, will thank you for doing so!
What partnering with me could look like in practice
Here are just some of the ways I work with organisations; ways I can help you show your people that you (and your leadership team) care:
90-minute Workplace Grief Literacy training for all staff.
Half or full-day Workplace Grief Literacy training for selected staff or People Leaders.
Include a keynote or workshop on navigating grief or supporting others, in your next conference or team day.
Offer a series of grief education & support sessions for grieving staff.
All keynotes, workshops and education and support sessions can be delivered in-person or online.
These are just some of the ways I can support you in this area. Let’s chat about your specific organisation, needs and budget to find a way that’s going to work best for you and your people.
Still not convinced? Keep scrolling…
If you're an Employer questioning whether to seek grief education and support for your team, let these facts convince you to reach out.
The cost of unsupported grief in the workplace
One in four employees may be grieving at any one time.
James & Friedman (2003)
Grieving employees unsupported at work will be absent from work for an average of 30 days, due to the loss.
Wilson, MacLeod & Houttekier (2016)
Estimates of the length of time work performance is impacted by bereavement, ranges from months to years. Symptoms of ‘foggy brain’ which impacts a person’s ability to concentrate on work-related tasks or perform at previous levels, can last from six to 18 months.
Corporon & Cooper
Presenteeism - when an employee is physically present at work, yet not present emotionally and unable to perform tasks to their usual standard - cuts individual productivity by one-third or more. This equates to about 87.5 lost workdays per grieving employee.
Corporon & Cooper
Keen to support your staff, yet unsure how? Let’s chat.
I bet you’re a great Leader, yet possibly feel out of your depth when it comes to supporting staff through life’s most challenging times. And that’s fair enough. This stuff isn’t covered in school or Executive Leadership programmes (although I think it should be!). Partner with me, and show your people your willingness to show up for them. The benefits will come back to you tenfold!
All employees are likely to take bereavement leave at some point in their working life, with the medium number of bereavements experienced by employees, being five.
Hemp (2004)