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

#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.orgFor resources Sam has provided these links to help:https://www.letsimproveworkplacewellbeing.orghttps://www.hospiceuk.org/compassionate-employershttps://www.natgba.comhttps://www.sueryder.org/how-we-can-help/bereavement-information/grief-kindhttps://www.childbereavementuk.orghttps://training.sands.org.uk/bereavement-in-the-workplacehttps://www.thelosscollective.co.uk/for-workplacesAnd for my previous conversation with Sam about the death of her brother, visit: https://www.thesilentwhy.com/podcast/episode/80418204/loss-44101-loss-through-autoerotic-asphyxiation-samantha-langfordSend us Fan MailSupport the show-----thesilentwhy.com  |  Instagram  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  LinkedIn What's a Herman? / Buy a Herman - thehermancompany.comSupport the show: buymeacoffee.com/thesilentwhySign-up to my mailing list (only used for sharing news occasionally!): thesilentwhy.com/newsletterHow to talk to the grieving:  thesilentwhy.com/post/howtotalktothegrievingReview the show: Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  GoodpodsEpisode transcripts: thesilentwhy.buzzsprout.comThank you for listening.