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On this lecture, we open a topic that is rarely addressed in business: how to respond as a company and as an individual when a colleague loses a loved one or when the whole team loses a co worker. Participants receive very practical sentences, approaches and ideas on how to be human to human in the hardest moments – while still respecting professional boundaries and responsibilities.
This lecture is based on my experience from the corporate world and on my work with entrepreneurs in periods of grief.
We spend most of our day at work, but almost none of us were taught how to be with someone who is grieving. Many companies only have a basic “protocol” (flowers, condolence card, attending the funeral), but lack real space for the emotional and organisational side of loss. When a company knows how to meet grief:
This talk helps bridge the gap between good intentions and concrete, human responses.
Participants will:
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Yes. Before the event we explore your context (number of employees, past experiences with loss, current culture) and adapt examples and focus areas accordingly.
Yes – maybe even more. It’s much easier to build a supportive framework before a loss happens. Then leaders and HR teams are far better prepared when it does.
Yes. On request we can add a practical workshop for a smaller group (e.g. leaders / HR) or 1:1 support for key people in your company.
She spent more than 20 years in a large international corporation in internal communications and employee wellbeing. Today she stands beside entrepreneurs who are losing or have lost their life partner, and organizations that want to create a culture where it is allowed to grieve and still remain human. She has delivered numerous talks and workshops on grief in the workplace, including at the ADMA Congress.