Grief in the Workplace

Businesses across American are experiencing over $100 billion in Annual Revenue loss...that's Billion with a "B" each and every year, all exclusively due to Grief in the Workplace.

Want to know something simple that seems to escape organizational leaders, big and small?

It could actually cost nothing for any company to mitigate their share of this horrendous, needless loss to profit!

The author, R. Glenn Kelly, is a noted authority on both sides of this sensitive subject. Having spent two decades in executive levels of personnel management AND sadly also a bereaved father, he has come at this from both unfortunate ends of the spectrum.

The overall context of this all-inclusive book provides successful proactive and reactive methodologies in awareness, understanding, and supportive actions for organizational leadership when an employee has experienced the unfortunate death of a loved one. It needs to be read and kept on the bookshelf of every leader within your company who has contact with the staff.

Consider the related empirical data below, publicly available but rarely reviewed in planning sessions:
Over 4 Million employees experience the death of a spouse, life-partner, or child each and every year 10% to15% of working aged parents annually experience the death of a child 1million working aged women experience miscarriages each year, while another 26,000 experience stillbirths 90% of bereaved employees later injured on the job reported it was due to grief influences from the loss 85% of bereaved managers experience mental errors on the job from grief for 6 months or longer after a loss Prime age of employee peak performance at 35 is also average age for a parent who will experience a child's death Only 3% to 7% of eligible employees will use an available Employee Assistance Program 62% of bereaved employees will turn to peers and supervisors on the job for support

Where are the HIDDEN COSTS of Grief in the Workplace?
Higher Absenteeism Higher Turnover Rates Rising Hiring Costs More Training Cost Increased Accidents Increased Injuries Higher Health Insurance Costs Higher Worker's Comp Rates More General Liability Expenses Errors in Judgement Decreased Motivation Loss of Creativity Lower Productivity Incomplete Tasks/Projects Workflow Disruptions to Clients/Partners

The experienced knowledge provided by the author in every chapter of of this comprehensive work absolutely provides greater awareness and understanding of not only the risk to the workplace, but to the supportive needs of the bereaved employee - one of your greatest assets. These efforts alone will have great returns on any business revenue and help you mitigate the...

Hidden Loss of Over $100 billion in Annual Revenue from Grief in the Workplace!