Ep 91 - Grief and the Workplace with Lizzie Pickering

Grief can be felt for many reasons – death, loss of identity, the end of a relationship, a diagnosis or the loss of a job – and will affect everyone in their working life. However, it’s often still a taboo topic in the workplace. Lizzie Pickering is encouraging organisations to open the conversation and offer thoughtful grief support for their employees. Lizzie is a grief investigator, consultant and author and guides people in not only surviving grief, but also how to live the best possible life with grief. We discuss: Lizzie’s own experience of grief and her journey to become a grief investigator How we can shift our perspective of grief, stay open to it and embrace a life with it A best practice guide for organisations offering grief support to their employees Things you can do and say as a manager or colleague supporting a grieving team member   MORE ABOUT LIZZIE Lizzie Pickering is a grief investigator, speaker, consultant and film and podcast producer. She works with companies on the wellbeing of staff through all types of loss, whether resulting from death, divorce, diagnosis or workplace change. With 21 years of experience investigating her own grief and the grief of others, she now consults on Grief Guidelines, deliver talks on grief and offers 1:1 Grief Support Sessions. Lizzie has recently written a grief memoir When Grief Equals Love which includes 23 interviews with people who have survived different forms of life-changing grief. Book: When Grief Equals Love: https://unbound.com/books/when-grief-equals-love/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzie-pickering-bb814a1a/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzie.pickering/   INFLUENTIAL LEADER MASTERCLASS You're invited to my free masterclass - How To Be An Influential Leader without Self-Doubt Holding You Back! Learn how to avoid the 3 big influencing mistakes that keep many female leaders feeling stuck and frustrated, the steps you can take to become a more influential leader within your organisation and what you can do to turn down the volume on your inner critic.  Join the masterclass here: https://carlamiller.lpages.co/leader/   WORK WITH CARLA As well as coaching women leaders to have more influence, make more impact and tackle self-doubt in my programme Influence & Impact, I also give keynote speeches and trainings to organisations wanting to develop women in leadership roles. Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. Keynotes, training and coaching: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/employers Influence & Impact: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact   CONNECT WITH ME: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/    HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend or colleague Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   Thank you for listening, see you next week!