Navigating grief and trauma in your workplace
When unexpected grief or trauma occurs, leadership must properly communicate and guide their employees through an emotionally unsettling time. Most leaders find themselves unprepared.
That’s where we come in.
Traumatic Grief Solutions is the leader in training, preparedness, and crisis support services for businesses and communities.
Each year US businesses lose over $100 billion from employee absenteeism, reduced productivity, and employee turnover related to grief in the workplace.
– The Cost of Dying, 2024 report by empathy
The human toll of unexpected death and trauma is unquantifiable.
As business leaders you cannot prevent grief and trauma in the workplace, but you can engage in proactive planning to minimize the emotional and financial consequences. When your business is not prepared for an unexpected loss or trauma, both the employees and business experience consequences.
Employees report
- Dissatisfaction with their work culture and decreased morale
- Lack of interest in work and looking for new jobs
- Feeling devalued, unimportant, or isolated at work
- Using more sick time and increased illness
- Problems with concentration, focus, and decision-making
- Higher consumption of substances to numb the pain of grief
Employers report
- Loss of revenue
- Decrease in employee productivity
- Increase in worksite accidents
- Higher workplace expenses
- More stress among management
- Greater levels of employee turnover
- Bigger risks for legal complications
Are you ready to take the next step?
Contact us today to build a proactive plan that protects your people and your business before a crisis arrives.
