Category: Podcasts
-
A New Employee’s Serious Illness Dilemma
Cheryl Corin-Bonder, a new employee at a small company discovered she had a serious blood disorder which resulted in the need for extended days off and a stem cell transplant. Cheryl was devastated by the lack of support, compassion and the decisions the company made. Here’s her story. I was working with a small company that dealt…
-
Double Grief – a Beloved Pet and a Cherished Grandmother
Pamela Putman talks about the lack of understanding and support two different companies showed during two different losses in her life and how each company could have handled the employee’s need for understanding and leave time in a more compassionate & practical way. WANT TO HEAR EARLIER EPISODES? Listen Now Share this valuable information with Line…
-
Loss of a team member
Teresa Bittner talks about her experience as a new IT manager when her team member was killed on their way home after a long work shift and her inexperience navigating through minimal company support.WANT TO HEAR EARLIER EPISODES? Listen Now Share this valuable information with Line Managers & HR Managers Insert your tweetable quote/phrase here…
-
A Teachers – Sudden Loss
Teresa Bittner about the devastating loss of her husband in a motorcycle accident and how her school district rallied around her and her family.WANT TO HEAR EARLIER EPISODES? Listen Now Share this valuable information with Line Managers & HR Managers
-
The Devastating Impact of September 11th Years Later
Carrie Green talks about her experience watching the World Trade Center Towers fall on September 11th and the aftermath of helping those crossing the Hudson River to escape the horrors of that fateful day. As someone who worked in the World Trade Center as well as for the New York Stock Exchange, she and her fellow…
-
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A CHILD TO DRUGS
Jeffery Veatch talks about living with the painful loss of his son Justin, a talented musician who tragically died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of seventeen and how he and his wife, Marina struggled with surviving. He describes the unbearable moments he experienced after reaching work early one morning and being told to…
-
DOWNSIZING GRIEF TAKES ITS TOLL
Share this valuable information with Line Managers & HR Managers Pat Werscherl talks about how downsizing affected her and her team, which she considered to be like family. During a large corporate merger and subsequent layoffs, Pat and her team experienced many of the emotions associated with grief. She talks about the denial that the…
-
An Executive’s Unexpected Journey
—
by
Ron Gold talks about a bike ride that put him on a path he never expected to take and forever changed his life. After being hit and seriously injured by an SUV, Ron’s successful 25-year career on Wall Street ended abruptly. He went through five months of hospitalization and therapy and returned home to begin…