The Impact of Grief on Humans at Work with George Kohlrieser
November 2, 2022
Welcome to the We Are Human Leaders podcast. What do hostage negotiators and CEOs have in common?
Which skills serve you when your life is being threatened, but also when you’re relating to your colleagues in an everyday meeting?
Today we’re talking to someone who has vast experience with both situations: George Kohlrieser. In this conversation, we are talking about grief. We explore how grief - especially unresolved grief - impacts us as humans and as leaders. And how we can start to bring awareness to grief so it becomes a powerful tool for connection and even creativity in the workplace and beyond.
A strong content warning for this episode, we discuss issues of mental health, violence, trauma, death and suicide, which may be distressing or triggering for some listeners.
Welcome to the We Are Human Leaders podcast. What do hostage negotiators and CEOs have in common?
Which skills serve you when your life is being threatened, but also when you’re relating to your colleagues in an everyday meeting?
On this episode of We Are Human Leaders we’re talking to someone who has vast experience with both situations: George Kohlrieser. In this conversation, we are talking about grief. We explore how grief - especially unresolved grief - impacts us as humans and as leaders. And how we can start to bring awareness to grief so it becomes a powerful tool for connection and even creativity in the workplace and beyond.
George is a clinical and organizational psychologist, author, speaker and consultant. He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) business school based in Lausanne Switzerland and the author of the award-winning book Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others and Raise Performance and co-author of Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Performance through Secure Base Leadership.
George is a clinical and organizational psychologist, author, speaker and consultant. He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) business school based in Lausanne Switzerland and the author of the award-winning book Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others and Raise Performance and co-author of Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Performance through Secure Base Leadership.
George shares his personal experiences of grief as well as his professional experience as a hostage negotiator. He gives us powerful takeaway tips that we can use today as leaders, and as humans, to open up this important topic.
A strong content warning for this episode, we discuss issues of mental health, violence, trauma, death and suicide, which may be distressing or triggering for some listeners.
After our episode recording with George, Alexis and Sally chatted for probably another hour on the insights we’d each gained. There is no escaping grief. It is part of the human experience. By owning our own grief, and being present to the grief of those around us, we grow as humans, and leaders.
After our episode recording with George, Alexis and Sally chatted for probably another hour on the insights we’d each gained. There is no escaping grief. It is part of the human experience. By owning our own grief, and being present to the grief of those around us, we grow as humans, and leaders.
And as George mentions, we cannot grieve alone. If you’re experiencing grief we encourage you to reach out for support.
We hope George’s experience, kindness and wisdom touches you as much as it did us.
Find George's work here: https://georgekohlrieser.com/
Connect with the Kohlriesser Leadership Institute programs here: https://www.kli.swiss/
And access his incredible books 'Hostage at the Table' and 'Dare to Care' here: https://georgekohlrieser.com/books/
Connect with the Kohlriesser Leadership Institute programs here: https://www.kli.swiss/
And access his incredible books 'Hostage at the Table' and 'Dare to Care' here: https://georgekohlrieser.com/books/
And you can join us, and our community of human leaders at www.wearehumanleaders.com