Trauma, Teams, and Leadership

Catalog description

This course will benefit those hoping to improve employee-management relations and prevent common concerns in the workplace such as compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, high turnover, absenteeism, rationalizations, toxic personalities, etc. Students will examine the impact (within themselves and their teams) of working with traumatized populations to discover what is needed as leaders to reduce the likelihood of negative impact within their own cultures, teams, and selves. Students will take a deeper look at a number of topics that will allow participants the opportunity to practice new ideas and skills in being more mindful and trauma informed managers, leaders, and healers.