Managing Loss: Leading Grief-Ready Team Cultures

Gain knowledge and develop skills around creating a more supportive and effective work culture following a loss.
About this Event

Grief readiness is not just about responding warmly after an acute loss but is about the policies, practices and structures we employ to support grievers and the teams around them—before, after, and well beyond when loss happens. In this workshop designed for people managers and organizational leaders, participants take a closer look at how grieving experiences impact relationships, morale and performance at work; examine their own organizational cultures and support systems at various stages of supporting grievers; and leave with strategies for cultures of care and empowerment.

** NOTE: We highly encourage attending first. Please reach out to [email protected] if you are unable to do so.

This virtual workshop is presented by , a program of The Dinner Party Labs. Workplace Resilience brings a relational approach into organizations to better support employees who are struggling with grief, whether from exposure on the job, or from personal losses. Our focus is on transforming organizational cultures toward grief readiness and tangible care.

Your Presenter:

Mary Pauline Diaz-Frasene (she/her) leads the Workplace Resilience program at The Dinner Party Labs, with the goal of making workplaces more human spaces for meaningful, grounded change. Prior to TDP Labs, Mary Pauline’s work included developing and leading staff care resources and processing spaces for the largest social services non-profit in Washington state; supporting patients, families and staff as a hospital chaplain during the first year of COVID-19; community organizing around immigration, anti-racism, and local concerns; and over a decade of low-barrier, trauma-informed direct services with adults, youth and families experiencing homelessness. She has a Master of Arts from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, where her culminating work focused on grief as a practice in collective resistance to injustice, through the lens of Pilipinx diaspora. She is based in the Denver area.

For more information, or if you're interested in group rates or bringing Workplace Resilience to your organization on your own time, contact Mary Pauline at: [email protected].