Working Through Grief: Restoring Employee Productivity After Personal Life Disruptions | Sessions

Unacknowledged or mishandled grief in the workplace not only hurts employee morale and culture but also undermines employee engagement, retention, and harms the financial well-being of your organization. The prevalence and impact of grief on corporate America is profound: One in four employees is grieving at any given time. Over half of employees will consider leaving their job when their employer does not provide support after a loved one's death. Over $113 billion is spent by employers due to reduced productivity and on the job errors from grief. An average of 4 million employees in the American workforce experience the death of a loved one each year. 

Learning Objectives:

• The problem and prevalence of grief in the workplace.
• Insights into an employee's grieving brain.
• The downstream effects of grief on productivity, ROI, absenteeism, and presenteeism.
• The importance of incorporating both head and heart-based empathetic solutions for responding and interacting with a grieving team member.
• Proven solutions for executives, CHROs, HR leaders, managers, and care teams on how to support a grieving employee.