Grief Informed Workplaces
Build a Workplace That Knows How to Respond to Grief
Grief doesn’t stop at the workplace door.
Whether it’s the death of a loved one, relationship breakdown, illness, miscarriage, suicide, or another significant life event, grief affects the way people think, communicate, lead and perform at work.
Yet most leaders have never been taught how to respond.
Michelle Moriarty’s workplace grief training equips organisations with the knowledge, language and practical skills to confidently support employees through loss while strengthening psychological safety, staff wellbeing and workplace culture.
This is evidence-based education designed to help organisations move beyond uncertainty and create workplaces where people feel supported, understood and able to thrive through life’s most challenging experiences.
Grief Changes People. Great Workplaces Know How to Respond.
Build a Workplace That Knows How to Respond to Grief
Grief doesn’t stop at the workplace door.
Whether it’s the death of a loved one, relationship breakdown, illness, miscarriage, suicide, or another significant life event, grief affects the way people think, communicate, lead and perform at work.
Yet most leaders have never been taught how to respond.
Michelle Moriarty’s workplace grief training equips organisations with the knowledge, language and practical skills to confidently support employees through loss while strengthening psychological safety, staff wellbeing and workplace culture.
This is evidence-based education designed to help organisations move beyond uncertainty and create workplaces where people feel supported, understood and able to thrive through life’s most challenging experiences.
Why Workplace Grief Training Matters
Grief impacts every workplace.
It influences concentration, decision-making, communication, confidence, productivity, relationships and emotional wellbeing. For leaders and HR professionals, it can also create uncertainty around communication, privacy, return-to-work planning, workload adjustments and supporting grieving employees appropriately.
Without the right knowledge, many workplaces unintentionally respond with silence, inconsistency or avoidance.
Grief literacy changes that.
When leaders understand grief, they lead with greater confidence. Teams communicate more effectively. Employees feel safer asking for support, and organisations build stronger, more resilient workplace cultures.
What Your Organisation Will Gain
Michelle’s training provides practical, evidence-based strategies that help organisations:
- Build grief literacy across every level of the organisation.
- Increase leader confidence when supporting grieving employees.
- Strengthen psychological safety and workplace wellbeing.
- Improve communication following bereavement and significant life events.
- Support employees returning to work after loss.
- Create greater consistency across leaders and teams.
- Foster a workplace culture where people feel seen, supported and valued.
What Participants Will Learn
Knowledge
Gain a deeper understanding of grief, how it affects people differently, and the ways it can influence wellbeing, communication, decision-making and performance in the workplace.
Confidence
Learn practical, evidence-based approaches for responding to grief with clarity, empathy and professionalism.
Capability
Develop the skills to create a workplace where people feel supported, leaders feel prepared, and conversations around grief become more natural and meaningful.
Tailored to Your Workplace
Training is available for:
- Executive and leadership teams
- Managers and supervisors
- HR and People & Culture professionals
- Employee wellbeing programs
- Team development days
- Frontline and operational teams
- Health, education and community organisations
- Corporate, government and regional workplaces
Sessions can be delivered in person or online and are tailored to your organisation’s size, industry and objectives.
“Grief-informed leadership is about mobilising people through knowledge, practical skills and confidence, empowering them to respond to life’s most difficult moments with compassion, clarity and capability.”
– Michelle Moriarty
Invest in Your People
Great Workplaces Are Defined in Their Hardest Moments.
Every organisation will experience grief.
The question isn’t if.
It’s whether your people will know how to respond when a colleague needs them most.
Michelle’s workplace grief training gives leaders and teams the practical knowledge, confidence and language to navigate loss with empathy, professionalism and clarity—creating workplaces where people feel supported, valued and understood.
Invest in your people today. Because the way your organisation responds to grief will be remembered long after the grief itself.
Enquire about a tailored workplace training program.