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Grief at work

A grieving teammate is struggling at work but won’t acknowledge it: what should you do?

Lia Boyland
Co-founder | Talent Shake
Lia Boyland is an entrepreneur with a wealth of experience in recruitment and HR leadership roles. She co-founded Talent Shake to help startups with recruitment, culture, and HR processes as a fractional Chief People Officer.
Lia has experienced loss in multiple different ways while working—and now wants to make sure grief is recognised and supported in the workplace, whatever the source.

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