Research-Informed. Workplace-Centered.
Grief-Informed Workplace Consulting
Customized workplace assessments, bereavement policy recommendations, and interactive training designed to help organizations support grieving employees in practical and sustainable ways.
The Scale of the Need
Grief Is Already in Every Workplace
Bereavement is not a rare workplace exception. It is a predictable workforce reality that affects employees, managers, productivity, retention, and culture.
Estimate based on approximately 3.07 million annual U.S. deaths and a research-derived bereavement multiplier of roughly nine close relatives per death. The multiplier was developed through kinship-network research and should be understood as an estimate.
A Customized Engagement
Designed Around Your Organization
Grief-informed workplace consulting is not a one-size-fits-all policy template. Recommendations are shaped by the organization’s people, culture, operations, existing benefits, and available resources.
This Is For
Organizations Ready to Examine Policy and Practice
- HR and people leaders reviewing bereavement practices
- Employers formalizing or revising existing policies
- Organizations seeking greater consistency across managers
- Teams that want practical support within real budget constraints
- Workplaces examining both policy and organizational culture
This Is Not
A Generic Presentation or Prescriptive Template
- Not a one-size-fits-all bereavement policy
- Not simply a recommendation to offer more paid leave
- Not an assumption that every organization has equal resources
- Not awareness without practical implementation guidance
- Not a replacement for legal or employment counsel
From Assessment to Implementation
The Process
A clear, customized process moves your organization from understanding its current approach to implementing practical change.
Discover
Understand
Examine current policies, workplace culture, employee needs, resources, and organizational goals.
Evaluate
Assess
Apply the 10-component assessment to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities.
Prioritize
Recommend
Develop realistic recommendations tailored to organizational capacity and resources.
Activate
Implement
Equip leaders, HR, managers, and staff to put the recommendations into practice.
Ways to Work Together
Choose the Right Level of Support
The four-phase engagement journey can be tailored to the level of support an organization needs. Begin with focused training, commission a complete workplace assessment, combine assessment with implementation support, or establish an ongoing partnership.
Focused Education
Interactive Workplace Training
Customized training for leadership, HR, managers, or staff that strengthens grief literacy and provides practical guidance for supporting bereaved employees.
May Include
- Audience-specific curriculum
- Practical workplace scenarios
- Manager and leadership guidance
- Interactive discussion and Q&A
Available virtually or in person
Starting Investment
Policy and Culture Review
Grief-Informed Workplace Assessment
A structured evaluation of the organization’s bereavement policy, employee resources, administrative practices, leadership readiness, and surrounding workplace culture.
Includes
- Organizational discovery
- Policy and document review
- Proprietary 10-component assessment
- Written findings and tailored recommendations
Available as a stand-alone engagement
Starting Investment
Assessment and Action
Assessment & Implementation Training
A comprehensive engagement that moves through the complete journey from organizational discovery and assessment to tailored recommendations and implementation training.
Includes
- Complete workplace assessment
- Customized findings and recommendations
- Leadership or HR findings presentation
- Training built around the assessment results
Recommended for organization-wide change
Starting Investment
Continued Support
Annual Workplace Partnership
Ongoing support for organizations working to strengthen grief literacy, maintain consistent policy practices, prepare leaders, and create sustainable cultural change.
May Include
- Quarterly consulting engagements
- Policy and implementation guidance
- Leadership and manager support
- Progress reviews and evolving priorities
Designed for long-term implementation
Starting Investment
Pricing reflects the starting investment and may vary based on scope, audience size, customization, and delivery format. Travel and related expenses for in-person engagements are quoted and approved separately.
Start the Conversation
Not Sure Which Engagement Is the Right Fit?
An initial consultation can help identify the most appropriate starting point based on your organization’s current policies, priorities, workforce, available resources, and goals.
Schedule a ConsultationBenefits & Outcomes
What This Investment Builds
Stronger policies are only the beginning. The engagement helps build a workplace that can respond to loss with greater clarity, confidence, and consistency.
One engagement. Lasting internal capacity.
The Value of the Engagement
Turn a Difficult Workplace Moment Into Organizational Readiness
The investment gives your organization more than a revised policy. It builds the clarity, confidence, and infrastructure needed to respond well when an employee experiences a loss.
01
Reduce Uncertainty
Make Decisions With Greater Clarity
Give HR and leadership a practical framework for handling bereavement requests more consistently.
02
Prepare Your People
Help Managers Respond With Confidence
Equip managers with language, boundaries, and practical guidance for supporting employees after a loss.
03
Strengthen Trust
Create Support Employees Can Actually Use
Align written policy, manager practices, and return-to-work support with the realities employees face after a death.
What the Investment Builds
Lasting Internal Capacity
Clear priorities for policy improvement
Greater consistency across HR and management
More thoughtful return-to-work practices
A practical roadmap for continued progress
The Bottom Line
Your organization does not have to improvise when loss occurs. It can respond with a clear policy, prepared leaders, and practices that support employees while respecting operational realities.
Research That Becomes Practical Action
Expertise Grounded in Research and Lived Experience
I had the honor of attending one of Cassidie’s grief-informed policy trainings. I really enjoyed hearing about concepts like lived expertise and that profound connection/relationship language for bereavement leave!
Pauline W. · Public Policy Practitioner
Bring This Work to Your Organization
Start With What Your Organization Is Experiencing Now
You do not need to know which engagement you need before reaching out. Cassidie begins by understanding your current policy, workplace culture, organizational resources, and goals, then recommends an appropriate path forward.
Discuss Your Organization’s Needs