Course Content
Part 1: Sources of Loss and Grief in the Workplace
- Ongoing Workplace Change
- Mergers, Layoffs, and Reorganization
- The Effects of Workplace Change
- Co-Worker Deaths, Accidents, and Disasters
- The Stages of Workplace Transformation
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Part 2: The Complexities of Grief
- Attachment, Bonding, and Loss
- Defining Grief and Its Causes
- Why All Loss Is Like a Death
- Different Tears for Different Peers
- Bowlby’s Basic Phases of Loss and Mourning
- Kübler-Ross Descriptions of Reactions to Loss
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Part 3: The Effects of Grief on Employees
- What Grieving Employees Are Feeling
- Expressions of Grief in the Workplace
- Changes in Employee Attitudes and Behaviors
- Grief Reactions to Change-Loss
- Why Productivity Plummets Amid Grief
- The Pitfalls of Not Attending to Grief
- The Three Sources of Unresolved Grief
- The Costs of Storing, Rather Than Addressing, Grief
- New Meanings for the New Workplace
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Part 4: Helping Employees Cope
- Workplace Change and Loss: The Burdens and Benefits
- The Four Tasks of Workplace Mourning
- Helping People Heal by Listening
- Do’s and Don’ts for Supporting Grieving Employees
- Quick Tips for Helping
- Ten Guidelines for Organizations Undergoing Change
- Grief Support During Organizational Transition
- A Final Statement
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