Dealing with Loss and Grief in the Workplace

Everyone is affected by loss and grief at some time in their life. This applies in the workplace as much as anywhere else. People do not leave their grief at home when they go to work and, of course, loss issues can arise within the workplace as well as outside it. While grief can be an extremely painful experience, it is not necessarily harmful. However, if the needs of the grieving person are not taken into consideration at work, their pain can be intensified and their suffering increased unnecessarily. Also, if the significance of grief is not recognised, the result can be accidents, problems with quality leading to complaints and conflicts and so on. It is therefore important that loss and grief issues are not ‘brushed under the carpet’ in busy workplaces. To find out more, choose from the menu below.

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Books by Neil Thompson to help you deal effectively but sensitively with loss and grief issues

Book Cover - Loss and Grief, Neil Thompson

Loss and Grief provides help in explaining the impact loss and grief can have not only after the death of a family member, colleague or friend, but also in so many other aspects of people's lives.

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Book Cover - Loss, Grief and Trauma, Neil Thompson

Loss, Grief and Trauma in the Workplace provides guidance on how to respond to the challenges that arise when loss, grief or trauma affects people in the workplace. It is an unfortunate but inevitable fact that all organisations will face these challenges from time to time. This book is a much needed and invaluable resource for anyone wishing to manage people in a working environment effectively but sensitively.

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DVD Resource

Coping with Grief

This new DVD has just been released and is not yet available online. Please call Avenue Media Solutions on +44 (0)1978 781173 or complete an enquiry form for further details.


 

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