​HR professionals are often expected to deliver difficult news, absorb intense reactions, and then move on to the next task. But there is an emotional impact. Explore why layoffs and terminations can take a toll —and learn practical ways to recognize the signs, protect your wellbeing, and know when it’s time to seek support.

​Featured Speaker

​Christine Koenig
Certified Grief Educator | Multi-Award-Winning Communication Strategist

​Christine Koenig is a certified grief educator, award-winning storyteller and communications professional focused on helping people understand grief and creating space for conversations often left unspoken. Her work centers on disenfranchised grief, including job loss, pet loss, and LGBTQ+ loss, and offering perspective for navigating and moving forward. She has worked in employee assistance and behavioral-health communications at ComPsych and CuraLinc Healthcare, where she created an award-winning Grief and Loss Toolkit. She shares her personal grief journey at LetMyLossBeYourGain.com.

​Host

​Keita Wangari (she/her)
Founder & CEO @ Exitous

​Keita founded Exitous after experiencing the double-impact of a husband & wife layoff while managing a life-threatening health crisis with her child. She’s building a world where every worker is empowered to make their best exit.

​More About This Webinar

​Layoffs and terminations are difficult for everyone involved—but the emotional impact on the people delivering the news is often overlooked. HR professionals and managers may be expected to sit across from someone experiencing fear, anger, sadness or shock, deliver life-changing information, answer difficult questions and then move on to the next conversation. Over time, these intense situations can contribute to cumulative stress, emotional exhaustion, burnout and, in some cases, secondary traumatic stress.

​Explore why job-loss conversations can affect the people delivering them, the signs to watch for, and practical ways to care for yourself while maintaining professional boundaries.

​Who It’s For

• ​HR professionals who deliver layoffs and terminations

• ​Managers responsible for challenging employee conversations

• ​HR leaders supporting teams through organizational change and workforce reductions

• ​Organizations looking for practical ways to support the wellbeing of the people delivering difficult news

​What We’ll Cover

​1. The emotional impact of delivering difficult news

​• Why layoffs and terminations can affect HR professionals and managers

​• How repeated exposure to others’ distress can accumulate over time

​• Understanding grief, burnout and secondary traumatic stress

​2. Recognizing when stress is taking a toll

​• Emotional, physical and behavioral warning signs

​• How to recognize changes from your usual self

​• Knowing when additional support may be needed

​3. Practical self-care and organizational support

​• Simple strategies to decompress after difficult conversations

​• Setting healthy professional boundaries

​• How organizations can better support the people delivering the news