Loss – defined broadly – is an inevitable experience and can cause us great pain. When we tend to loss, nurture each other through grief, and transform systems that perpetuate loss, we suffer less and carry forward better.
Now more than ever, effective leadership requires competence and confidence in how to be supportive in the face of grief & loss. This is especially true for folks like me who’ve worked in civic- and constituent-facing roles.
What is Grief at Work?
Grief at Work offers skill building, culture-setting, and consulting for organizations, companies, and teams to integrate key skills and strategies for recognizing and responding to loss & grief.
Through interactive care-centering sessions and strategies, Ari helps teams:
Become proficient in grief & loss and recognize tendencies of what gets in the way
Understand differences in how to approach navigating loss outside of work that affects workplaces and loss that arises due to/within workplaces.
Gain practical trauma-informed tools for spurring personal and collective resilience and encourage individual and team wellbeing amongst colleagues, clients, and communities
Learn better approaches to managing bereavement, mental health, and workplace wellness policies
Walk away with a deeper sense of how to maintain caring, supportive, and sustainable work environments
Grief at Work offers:
ONE TIME ENGAGEMENTS
good for lunch & learns, conference sessions, and one-off presentations
How loss affects work, and work affects ability to process loss
Turning the taboo of talking about loss into opportunities for engagement, connection, and teamwork
Introducing the Grief ARCH, Loss Mapping, and other tools for transformation that transform barriers into pathways towards resilience
SESSIONS & TRAININGS
staff training, multi-session programs, and as part of retreats & team-building practices
Group sessions for teams and leadership
In-depth learning modules on grief and loss
Exploring particular challenges your workforce/workplace faces and how the work itself intersects with grief & loss
Demonstrations of unique tools and practices for personal & collective resilience
Activities that spur self-regulation,
mindfulness, and wellbeing
TRANSFORMATION CONSULTING
Strategy and development for integrating program, policies, and support
Co-developing programs and policies to integrate better grief & loss-focused support within the workplace
Listening sessions that surface level of need
Working closely with HR & leadership on program design that supports teams and spurs cohesion
Redesigning policies & offerings such as bereavement leave and EAP to be more effective, ethical, and efficient
Embedded tools and programs that spur greater wellbeing, resilience, and workplace morale
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING
Best suited for individual leaders, particularly those who have people-facing roles and/or are amidst processing loss
One-on-one grief care and
leadership growth coachingGuided practice where personal processing informs larger-scale transformation
One’s own healing yields more competence in supporting others through loss