When an employee is dealing with loss in their personal life, a leader who understands grief management can provide the right support and ensure team members know how they can be of help to their colleague.

Consequently, leaders often find that the lessons they’ve learned about managing grief can be applied to other circumstances. 

Consider Facilitated Adjournment Sessions

Consider a facilitated adjournment session. In one engagement, the team needed to process the termination of a senior leader. The adjournment session allowed the organization to grieve the loss of a team member, ask questions of the leader and fully process the person’s exit. The team then turned its focus over to the new senior leader’s arrival, optimizing that new member’s chance of success. - Lisa Walsh, Beacon Executive Coaching

Originally published on Forbes Coaches Council.