Leading Through Loss: Transforming Workplaces with Compassion

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Women in Business present: Leading Through Loss: Transforming Workplaces with Compassion

Grief is a universal human experience, yet it often remains unspoken in professional settings. This presentation explores how loss impacts individuals and teams, shaping workplace culture, relationships, and productivity. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of grief’s presence in the workplace and learn practical strategies to cultivate a grief-informed environment. By fostering compassionate leadership and implementing tangible support systems, organizations can create workplaces that honor and uplift employees through times of loss.

About our speaker:

Jill Kottmeier, RN & Thanatologist, has dedicated her career to providing compassionate bereavement care and crisis response to patients, families and staff. While focusing on palliative and bereavement care within the perinatal realm, Jill has walked alongside families during their most heart wrenching moments.  Her ultimate goal is to create a safe space for all people that are grieving. Recognizing the profound impact of death and trauma on both patients and healthcare workers, she developed a program for employee grief support and co-founded the first crisis response team at Northwest Community Hospital, which now serves the entire Endeavor Health System. Through these initiatives, Jill has formalized her role in supporting the wellbeing of hospital staff, addressing grief in the workplace, destigmatizing mental health, and providing essential education on crisis intervention for leaders and colleagues.