Trauma is a leadership issue

Adults spend most of their time at work and trauma is increasingly part of the workplace. We prepare leaders to lead their teams while navigating trauma.

You don’t have to be a therapist to discuss trauma

Our mission is to equip leaders with the confidence and tools they need to lead through trauma in the workplace.

Leading Through Trauma

Leading Through Trauma™ is an intensive leadership development program for leaders who operate in a context of repeated trauma including first responders, journalists, hospitals and mental health centers, nonprofits, and government agencies.

Learning to lead through trauma promotes healing and increases capacity and results. Led by Carolyn Murphy and Gretchen Schmelzer, participants join a vibrant cohort of leaders across sectors and learn powerful, research-based tools for discussing trauma in the workplace, and uncover new ways of leading that gets critical work done while preventing PTSD and burnout for leaders and teams.

We offer two ways to participate in Leading Through Trauma: live virtual sessions, or in-person.

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Leaders are often able to encourage their teams to express their emotions — but they think they have to hold it together. What people need from their leaders in times of crisis and trauma is presence, not perfection.

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Unintegration

When healing from trauma, we have to unlearn something old before we can learn something new. In our sixth episode, we dive into the concept of “unintegration” — the place where we begin to dismantle the old protections we’ve held onto as we move forward in the cycle of healing. 

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As leadership consultants, we have supported leaders and teams across multiple sectors.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • “We were able to embrace the traumas that had been in our way and had us feeling stuck. Through the work we did, we felt empowered to move forward.”

    Tiffany Simmons
    Tribal Government Development, Tanana Chiefs Conference

  • “Gretchen's background and experience with trauma, psychology, and leadership development is hard to find in the consultant world and a unique and powerful gift to teams working through trauma.”

    Sarah Medary
    City Manager, City of Eugene, Oregon

Ready to transform your workplace?

Our resources and learning programs give leaders practical, useful, and supportive tools for leading in a trauma context.