Grief happens.

Responses to grief matter.

Is your workplace prepared?

  • Grief can affect concentration and focus, leading to difficulties with completing tasks and meeting deadlines.

  • The grieving employee may feel isolated, especially when coworkers are unsure of how to respond.

  • According to a Marie Curie (UK) survey, 1 in 3 line managers (31%) would welcome help on how to support bereaved employees

  • The same report noted that 56% of employees surveyed would consider leaving a company if treated badly following a bereavement.

As a professional with three decades of experience working with grief, I help companies, agencies and organizations create Grief Informed Workplaces, leading to:

  • Managers who are informed and empowered when responding to the news of a loss

  • Employees who are given tools and support for getting a job done while grieving, decreasing occurrences of “presenteeism” in which employees are technically at work but unable to do work.

  • Decrease in employee turnover

Employees will suffer losses. A Grief Informed Workplace is prepared to minimize workplace disruption while increasing employees engagement.

Interested in how your company, agency or organization can become a Grief Informed Workplace?

Contact me.

Coaching for small steps or big changes

Maybe you feel like you should be able to figure this out on your own. The truth is, we all need a little help at times. Help for untangling old habits that hold us back and help for charting new courses. Someone who will hear us, challenge us, and celebrate with us when we do small things consistently or big things courageously.

As a coach, that’s what I do.

Let’s talk about what you need.

Testimonials

  • “Hiring Peggy Haymes for professional coaching of our management team was the best decision I've made all year."

    Jamie Southern, Executive Director, Bookmarks

  • "With Peggy's help, I am now more deeply connected to the person I want to be and I feel more capable of living the way I want to live. Her spot-on intuition has made me feel seen."

    Ashley M., Massachusetts

  • “(Peggy) is brilliant at asking the exact question you need to answer in order to get unstuck. "

    Kate Storhoff, General Manager, Bookmarks

  • “Peggy became my coach at a time when I was losing myself in my ministry. She helped me reclaim my voice and find healing."

    Rev. Shayna Wible

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