Let's Talk About Corporate Grief Ft. Eleonore Eaves

In this episode of Weirdos in the Workplace, host Erin Patchell welcomes back executive coach Eleanore Eaves to discuss her groundbreaking concept of "corporate grief." Eleanore introduces this new term, explaining how it encompasses the emotional impact of workplace events like layoffs, mergers, and even personal tragedies on employee performance and organizational success.

Key topics include:

• The $8.9 trillion cost of employee disengagement
• How toxic positivity fails as a strategy in the workplace
• The importance of acknowledging grief and difficult emotions at work
• Similarities between corporate grief and generational trauma
• Practical approaches for leaders to address and manage corporate grief

Eleanore also shares details about her upcoming executive retreat in Scotland, featuring experts in mental resiliency, mindfulness, and change management.

Join us for an insightful conversation on bringing humanity back to the workplace and transforming how we handle difficult emotions in professional settings. Learn why addressing corporate grief is crucial concept for employee retention, engagement, and organizational success.

#CorporateGrief #WorkplaceCulture #EmployeeEngagement #LeadershipDevelopment #OrganizationalChange

 

Stay in Touch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleonore-eaves

Website: https://eavescoaching.com/

 

Script:

We don't want to talk about grief. We don't want to talk about death. We don't want to talk about all these different aspects of life that is part of life.

Toxic positivity is not a strategy.

 And as you can imagine, that A shocked a lot of people.

Stories last forever, right? The echoes of the bad experiences get passed down to the next group of employees.

Welcome to Weirdos in the Workplace, the podcast that celebrates authenticity, transparency, passion, and purpose in our world of work. And I'm here with my friend, Eleanor Eves. Welcome back, Eleanor. Thank you so much for having me back. I'm super excited to have you back. And I'm really excited about this topic that we're going to be talking about. But before I get there, those of you who did not come or you haven't listened to Eleanor's previous podcasts on Weirdos in the Workplace with me, go back to season one and definitely listen to them because she's awesome. Eleanor is the founder of Eve's Coaching and couldn't in case you couldn't tell if you're listening to this on Spotify or Apple Music or a podcast platform, you won't be able to actually see us. But it does say Eave's coaching right in the top right hand corner of her of her screen there. And that is the that is her business, Eave's coaching and Eleanor is an amazing executive coach and soon to be author. executive coach and soon to be author.

Thank you very much.

Yes, absolutely.

So Eleanore, please introduce this topic because it is it is a quite it's a serious topic. It's a very human topic. And I'm really excited to talk about this with you.

Yes, thank you. So it's it's a coin. It's a term I am coining as... Hold on, let me refresh that. Okay, I figured that's where she could cut it off, right? So yes, thank you very much.

So corporate grief is a term I am coining to describe a range of actions of individuals who are processing emotions and events in a number of different ways. But all of these events and their actions as a result have real dollars and cents implications, both for their own career trajectory, but also too for the organizations within which they operate. So this is beyond looking at mental wellness or workplace culture and environments and all of that from an emotional or from a psychological point of view, that how does this actually impact performance? How does this actually impact very measured, tangible th