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GRIEF READY LEADERSHIP
just died.
Someone on your team
Does your manager know what to say?
An employee returns to work carrying grief or a colleague's desk sits empty.
Your leaders are without a roadmap.
We make sure they know exactly what to do.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | HR STRATEGIST | AUTHOR
THE PROBLEM
Thinking "No News Is Good
News" Is Costing Your
Company More Than You Think
When a colleague dies, or a grieving employee comes back to work, most managers wait for time to do the work. HR has no framework. Managers get no guidance. No one complains, so everyone assumes things are fine.
They're not.
Teams fracture quietly. Your best employees leave, not because the job was wrong, but because the company went silent when it mattered most. Employees remember that, and they go somewhere that will not.
This is not a wellness problem. It is a leadership problem. And it starts with HR.
Almost 90% of managers misread grief as a performance problem.
OUR FRAMEWORKS
Two Situations.
Two Protocols.
One Complete System.
Every organization will face these two scenarios.
Most will face them without a plan.
WHEN AN EMPLOYEE RETURNS TO WORK
The Return Protocol
The grieving employee has been back a few weeks. You think they're fine.
They aren't. Grief doesn't end because time passed. It shows up as a missed deadline or a flat week, and if you treat that as a performance problem, you have just shown them, and everyone watching, how this company treats a human in pain.
The Return Protocol shows HR and managers what to do instead, before that happens.
WHEN AN EMPLOYEE DIES
The Loss Response Protocol
An employee had died. Their team is waiting for you.
Everyone is in shock. They are waiting for the company to honor this loss, and they are met with silence. They are waiting for HR and their manager to do something. The Loss Response Protocol gives you that something. Every day without a response tells your team what the company thinks of them.
"Grief does not go away. But with the right support, it doesn't have to destroy a team either."
WHO WE ARE
We don't just teach this,
we've lived it.
Workplace Grief was founded by Kim Hamer, a leadership trainer, keynote speaker, executive coach, published author, and career HR professional who is also a widow.
After losing her husband to Stage IV cancer while raising three children, Kim watched organizations either step up or fall completely short when grief entered the building. She saw disengaged teams, frustrated managers, and grieving employees who returned to work and felt invisible. She saw colleagues quietly leave because the silence said everything.
She built Workplace Grief so no organization has to face that moment without a plan.
Today our team includes certified grief coaches, experienced trainers, and HR strategists, all working toward one goal: making sure your people are supported and your organization stays strong.
Three Ways We Work With
Organizations
Whether you need us on the stage, in the room, or in your leaders' pockets
we meet you where the need is.
FOR HR AND LEADERSHIP
When an Employee Dies
The Loss Response Protocol
Almost 90% of managers misread grief as a performance problem. The result: the revenue impact gets blamed on individual performance or the market, and the loss is never named as the cause. The Loss Response Protocol gives leadership teams the capability to catch this every time it happens.
ADVISORY: Work directly with Kim. Custom protocols available for complex situations.
PLATFORM — Self-guided, lower cost.
Join the waitlist (in development)
FOR HR AND LEADERSHIP
When a Grieving Employee Returns
The Return Protocol
Almost 90% of managers misread grief as a performance problem. When an employee returns, the manager is left guessing, and the team is watching how it's handled: get it wrong, and trust erodes across the whole group, not just for the person who came back. The Return Protocol gives managers the capability to catch this every time it happens."
ADVISORY: Work directly with Kim. Custom protocols available for complex situations.
PLATFORM — Self-guided, lower cost.
Join the waitlist (in development)