Let's Chat... How to handle grief in the workplace (with Samantha Langford)

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#079. Let’s Chat… how to deal with grief and loss in the workplace.
In these Let’s Chat episodes, I (Claire Sandys) chat one-to-one with a guest who has lived experience or expertise in a particular area of grief.
Today I’m talking to Samantha Langford, from Lincolnshire in the UK, a workplace health and wellbeing consultant from Gaia Workplace Wellbeing Ltd, helping businesses maintain good health, wellbeing and productivity.
If you're an employer, you might think you’ve got a tidy process for basic bereavement leave, but would your team know how to handle someone going through the grief of infertility, divorce, child loss, or a death involving a police investigation or the media?
In this chat Sam and I look at the importance of clear policies/processes, Bereavement Commission's recommendations, how organisations can empower/support their managers, complex grief like trauma, Coroner's Inquests or Police Investigations, grief associated with menopause, sources of additional information and support, and much more.

It's a complex area, but it's important, because everyone goes through it. Fortunately there's also lots of ways to get help, for all budgets.
For more about Sam, visit: https://www.gaiawellbeing.org
For resources Sam has provided these links to help:
https://www.letsimproveworkplacewellbeing.org
https://www.hospiceuk.org/compassionate-employers
https://www.natgba.com
https://www.sueryder.org/how-we-can-help/bereavement-information/grief-kind
https://www.childbereavementuk.org
https://training.sands.org.uk/bereavement-in-the-workplace
https://www.thelosscollective.co.uk/for-workplaces
And for my previous conversation with Sam about the death of her brother, visit:

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