Leading Through Trauma

Leadership and Trauma Programs

Full Program

Over the course of this program, leaders who work in a context of trauma will learn how to talk about trauma, how to care for their teams, and how to lead in a way that considers the traumatic experiences that they and their employees experience. Leaders will understand how to cultivate resourcefulness on their teams and be proactive about talking about trauma before incidents occur. They will learn how to navigate their own trauma in order to be better leaders for their teams. Every exercise we do as a group can be used later with their teams. 

Format: Six days of in-person learning. Small learning cohort of up to eighteen participants. Minimum of sixteen participants.

Participants will also receive a CliftonStrengths assessment, 1:1 debrief, a copy of Gretchen Schmelzer’s book Journey Through Trauma, and a participant guide.

Pricing and Payment Terms:

$5,500 per person (Fee does not include travel costs for facilitators for the in-person format.)

Program Enrollment Fee for minimum number of participants due upon commitment.

Contact us for pricing for multiple cohorts.

Topics covered include:

  • How to talk with your teams about trauma

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Different types of trauma

  • How trauma impacts the brain

  • Resourcing — what it is and why it matters

  • The impact of trauma on emotional intelligence

  • The roller coaster of extreme stress

  • Grief — how to understand it and what to do

  • How to cultivate resilience for self and for teams

  • What sources of emotional support and resourcing are available during trauma and afterwards

  • The 5-Phase cycle of healing repeated trauma

  • CliftonStrengths and how to use them with teams as a resource

  • Using your strengths for yourself related to trauma

  • Using your strengths for your team before, during and after traumatic events

  • Attachment theory and why it matters when leading through trauma

  • Cultivating empathy

  • Basecamp for teams (part of the “Prepare phase” of the 5-phase cycle)

  • Creating psychological safety

  • Tools for leading at each phase of the 5-phase cycle

Ready to transform your workplace?

Our resources and learning programs give leaders practical, useful, and supportive tools for leading in a trauma context.