WEBINAR: HR’s Essential Role in Grief and Trauma | 10/22

Human resources leaders are often on the front line when grief and trauma enter the workplace, yet most organizations lack a clear plan to guide them. The cost of being unprepared is high, affecting employee morale, productivity, retention, and even the financial stability of the business. When an employee dies unexpectedly or a traumatic event occurs, HR professionals are called upon to support both individuals and teams while maintaining organizational stability.

This webinar equips HR leaders with practical strategies to address grief and trauma in the workplace and prepare their organizations for the unexpected. Participants will examine how loss affects employees, teams, and overall business operations, and learn how HR can guide managers and staff through the immediate aftermath of a crisis. The session highlights HR’s central role in crisis response, underscores the value of proactive planning over reactive decision-making, and introduces a five-step planning model designed to strengthen organizational resilience and readiness.

Participants will be able to:

• Recognize how grief and trauma impact employee and business well-being
• Define key steps in crisis support from an HR perspective
• Explain the five-step proactive planning process to build resilience
• Distinguish proactive planning from reactive crisis response

Led by traumatic grief expert Dr. Jennifer R. Levin MFT, FT, this webinar offers a compassionate framework for HR professionals to navigate and prepare for unexpected death or trauma in the workplace.

Jennifer R. Levin, PhD, LMFT, FT is a traumatic grief therapist and a Fellow in Thanatology; the study of death, dying and bereavement. Dr. Levin founded Traumatic Grief Solutions after providing over a decade of crisis support to businesses, community organizations, and schools facing debilitating, unexpected grief and trauma. The services and resources offered by the Traumatic Grief Solutions team emerged in response to the lack of immediate crisis care as well as the need and benefits of proactive planning. Dr. Levin is a sought-after speaker in the areas of grief, unexpected death and trauma, and is the host of the podcast “Untethered: Healing the Pain after a Sudden Death” and the author of the Traumatic Loss Workbook: Powerful Skills for Navigating Grief after a Sudden or Unexpected Death.