TRAINING DESCRIPTION

What could an organization look like when we intentionally make space to feel grief in all its forms, both obvious and non-obvious? Whether addressing the discontinuation of a product developed by the organization, acknowledging the impact of a colleague or boss being let go, or even recognizing how social and systemic losses and crisis affect employees. All these experiences demand attention.

In "Collective Resonance in Organizations: Grief-Informed Practices to Address Loss and Changes in the Workplace," we will explore how organizations can become more humane by integrating grief into their culture. Rapid changes and transformations within organizations often bring both opportunities and losses, even when the transformations are positive. Therefore, addressing grief is essential for supporting well-being.

This course is designed for HR professionals seeking to create a more compassionate workplace, ultimately retaining and attracting talent and keeping the organization healthy and human-centered. It is also designed for organizational consultants who want to integrate grief, nervous system, and somatic aspects into their work to address change, team development, and conflict in their client organizations. You will gain practical tools and strategies to recognize and address grief in various contexts, ultimately transforming your organization into a supportive environment where employees can thrive amidst change.

By the end of this course, participants will:

• Understand the multifaceted nature of grief in the workplace and its impact on employee well-being and organizational culture.

• Explore the ways grief manifests in change processes.

• Learn breathing and somatic practices and how to adapt them to an organizational environment.

• Learn how to create grief-sensitive policies and practices that support emotional health and resilience.

• Equip themselves with tools to facilitate conversations around grief, loss, and change within teams.

• Discover how acknowledging and processing grief can lead to a more engaged, cohesive, and compassionate organizational culture.

IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES

Participants interested in this training should meet the following criteria:

• A willingness to critically examine the impact of purely growth-oriented, “productivity”-driven frameworks on organizational health, survival, and culture.

• Demonstrated commitment to understanding and addressing systemic inequities (e.g. engaging in Anti-Racism and Decolonial Work) and power dynamics within organizations.

• Preparedness to confront and dismantle entrenched practices that prioritize control, perfectionism, and individualism (Eurocentric world view) over collective care and connection.

WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?

• HR Professionals: Individuals responsible for hiring, managing, and retaining employees, caring for their well-being, organizational culture, and workplace policies.

• Organizational Consultants: Process experts seeking to accompany organizations in change and team development processes, supporting a more compassionate and resilient work environment.

• Team Leaders and Managers: Those who wish to support their teams through changes and understand the emotional dynamics at play.

• Wellbeing Coordinators: Individuals focused on enhancing employee wellbeing and resilience in the workplace.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

• Understanding Grief in Organizations: Recognize the various forms of grief that can arise in the workplace.

• A Nervous system lens: A nervous system lens to examine organizational dynamics and how grief manifests within them.

• Impact of Grief on Workplace Dynamics: Explore how grief affects employee morale, productivity, and overall organizational culture.

• Breathing and somatic: Breathing and somatic to help organizations process grief and navigate changes.

• Grief-Informed Strategies: Develop practical skills for creating grief-sensitive policies and practices within your organization.

• Grief Facilitation Techniques: Learn how to facilitate conversations around grief and loss, enabling open dialogue among team members.

• Creating Supportive Environments: Discover how to cultivate a compassionate workplace that allows employees to express and process grief.

• Navigating Change with Resilience: Understand the relationship between change, loss, and grief, and how to support employees through transitions.

• Implementing Grief Circles & rituals: Gain insights into organizing and facilitating grief circles and rituals to support emotional connection within teams.

WHAT ELSE WILL YOU GET

The training sessions will be conducted live via Zoom, with sessions held two times a week with a break in between, starting from end MARCH 2025

• Access to replays of each session on the Circle.so platform (Replays available for 3 months after the course concludes.) Although the training is recorded, your presence is highly recommended as it is an embodied and experiential process.

• 5 FREE supervision group sessions spread over 6 months after the training.

• If needed, recorded meditations to help process the journey.

• A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION: After participants have attended at least 7 out of 8 modules, 1 out of 2 practices of the course, do the various exercises, and joined 3 out of 5 supervision group sessions.

COURSE CURRICULUM

KICK-OFF: First get together - MARCH 28 - 10 am - 12pm, CET (Berlin, Paris time).

• Participants meet and greet

• Program overview

• Q&A

Module 1: The Functions and Forms of Grief in Organizations - MARCH 31 & APRIL 1

• Explore how grief manifests in organizations.

• Understand the role of grief in transformation, growth, and creativity.

• Cover visible and hidden grief, addressing how the capitalist mindset neglects grief.

Module 2: The Nervous System of an Organization - APRIL 7 & 8

• Define the “nervous system” of an organization and its stress points.

• Learn to identify dysregulation and pathways to collective resilience.

• Explore how change and crisis impact the organization’s emotional and relational dynamics.

2 WEEKS EASTER BREAK

Module 3: The Somatic of an Organization- APRIL 28 & 29

• Understand the embodied nature of grief in workplace settings.

• Explore the relationship between individual somatic experiences and collective organizational dynamics.

• Introduce somatic tools (e.g., breathwork, grounding exercises) to help organizations move through grief.

Module 4: Indigenous Heart in Organizations: Exploring grief & closure Rituals - MAI 5 & 6

• Understand the embodied nature of grief in workplace settings.

• Learn the importance of closure rituals to honor transitions, endings, and transformations.

• Explore grief circles, communal storytelling, and other grief-supportive practices.

• Develop customized rituals for participants’ specific organizational contexts.

PRACTICE SESSION 1 : Date & time to be decided together as a group

PRACTICE SESSION 2: Date & time to be decided together as a group