Teams and organizations, like individuals, can be harshly impacted by trauma. Organizational trauma may result from a single devastating event, from the effects of many deleterious events, or from the impact of cumulative trauma over time. The pain and shock of trauma are reverberating through many of our teams, agencies and first responder units. Unaddressed organizational trauma — whether sudden or cumulative — causes serious harm and can be catastrophic for organizations. It negatively impacts service delivery, compromises relationships with co-workers, and weakens the organization’s ability to respond to internal and external challenges. Over time the unhealed effects of trauma compromise the organization’s fundamental health.

Participants will learn:

•   Sources of organizational trauma

•   Strategies for strengthening organizational resilience

•   Ways to pay attention to what is going on in your organization to avoid pitfalls of unacknowledged traumatization