Grief and Loss in the Workplace

What you'll learn

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Normalize conversations about grief and loss in the workplace, reducing stigma and silence around loss
Equip managers and team members with practical tools to support a grieving colleague with confidence
Understand your role in supporting a grieving colleague, and recognize when to involve additional support or professional help
Build resilient teams that can navigate loss together without losing morale, trust, or productivity
Requirements

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No prior experience or qualifications needed - just an interest in supporting others through grief.
A compassionate and curious mindset - willingness to learn and reflect
Open to anyone in a workplace role: managers, HR, or team members alike
Description

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Grief and Loss in the Workplace
Grief doesn't stay home when your team comes to work. It shows up as missed deadlines, quiet disengagement, and turnover - and most managers have never been trained to respond well.
The cost of doing nothing
- Germany loses an estimated €75 billion a year in workplace productivity to absence and illness (BAuA)
- 51% of grieving employees leave their job within a year of their loss (Bereave)
- Most leaders have no framework for supporting a grieving colleague - and employees notice
This course gives you that framework, across five focused video lectures.
What's covered
Section 1 - Grief and Loss in the Workplace
- Part 1: Introduction - basic but important information about grief
- Part 2: Categories of grief, and more about grief
- Part 3: The importance of grief training and awareness - answering the question, "Why now?"
Section 2 - The Grief & Loss in the Workplace Handbook
- Part 1 & 2: A practical, reusable toolkit for navigating grief and loss on your team
By the end of this course, you'll be able to
- Normalize conversations about grief and loss in the workplace, reducing stigma and silence around loss
- Equip yourself with practical tools to support a grieving colleague with confidence
- Help build resilient teams that can navigate loss together - changing the culture of your workplace for the better
Who this is for
HR leads, people managers, and team members who want to be preparedbefore a loss happens - not scrambling to figure it out in the moment. Works for teams of any size.
Your instructor
Catherine is a certified grief and loss counselor (AIHCP) and ICF-accredited coach. This course is built from direct experience supporting individuals and teams through loss - not a generic HR module, but something designed specifically for this moment.
No prior experience or qualifications needed - just an interest in supporting others through grief, and a compassionate, curious mindset.
Who this course is for

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Open to anyone in a workplace role: managers, HR, or team members alike
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