Grief in the Workplace

Grief is already present in your workplace—in productivity dips, communication breakdowns, and quiet withdrawal. Yet most organizations lack the language or framework to respond skillfully.

This offering helps leaders, managers, and teams understand how to embrace a grief-informed workplace culture. Participants will:

• Learn how grief—from death, illness, caregiving, divorce, life transitions, and more—shows up at work, often disguised as performance issues or disengagement.
• Discover why capacity fluctuates and how to respond with clarity and care rather than avoidance or over-correction.
• Explore the Dual Process Model of grief and understand why someone might seem "fine" one day and struggle the next.
• Learn practical, professional approaches that support employees through loss without turning the workplace into therapy.
• Walk away with concrete language, realistic expectations, and actionable next steps for building a more grief-aware workplace culture.

The question isn't if grief will show up at work, but how your organization will meet it. The Lantern can help.

6-6:15pm - Arrive and check-in

6:15-7:15pm - Presentation

7:15-7:30pm - Discussion, connection, wrap up

The Lantern is a new nonprofit organization born from the belief that no one should have to grieve alone. We are on a mission to embrace and illuminate the full human experience by holding supportive space for life's joys and sorrows, nourishing deep connections, expanding access to grief and healing, advancing grief literacy across sectors, and reawakening our capacity to grieve and love. We are currently renovating a mid-century church in SE Portland into an inclusive, intergenerational gathering place for grief support and connection. A full calendar of programming will launch in Summer 2026. You can find us here: www.thelanternpdx.org

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