The Impacts of Grief in the Workplace: Creating Compassionate Leaders

In this episode, Katy talks to Judi Johnson, founder of Embrace Your Future, an organisation dedicated to reshaping the way leaders and workplaces understand, respond to, and integrate grief awareness into their cultures. Through her webinars and leadership training, Judi helps organisations build compassionate and psychologically safe environments where grief is acknowledged rather than avoided, and where people leaders have the tools and confidence to support staff through some of life’s hardest moments.

Judi’s work sits at the intersection of wellbeing, safety, and organisational performance. She educates leaders on the cognitive and behavioural impacts of grief including how it affects decision-making, concentration, communication, and team cohesion and why a lack of grief awareness can increase workplace risk. With a focus on building supportive cultures, buddy systems, and healthier organisational narratives, Judi is on a mission to remove the taboo around grief and help leadership teams embed compassionate practices into everyday organisational life.