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3 ways companies can support grieving employees | Tilak Mandadi

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When we experience loss, grief travels with us everywhere — even work. What can companies do to support grieving employees? Sharing his own story of unimaginable heartbreak, Tilak Mandadi offers three ways organizations can cultivate a culture of workplace empathy, creating an environment that encourages community, productivity and joy. (This talk contains mature content)

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56 Comments

  1. Kushagra Saxena

    January 19, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    Claim if you’re here before 1 million views

  2. Shweta Chauhan

    January 19, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    Overcoming grief is not easy. Grief consumes a part of yourself and you are not the same person anymore.

    • kingabaddon music

      January 19, 2021 at 5:34 pm

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  3. kingabaddon music

    January 19, 2021 at 5:33 pm

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    • kingabaddon music

      January 19, 2021 at 5:33 pm

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  4. artevix

    January 19, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    That guy is courageous

  5. KD0SKH

    January 19, 2021 at 5:35 pm

    I don’t think I should frame work as therapeutic… work was how I repressed some things

  6. Usman Titan

    January 19, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    What Just Happened To TED?

    • Fred Dobbs

      January 19, 2021 at 6:07 pm

      Exactly! It’s been hijacked.

  7. Fred Dobbs

    January 19, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    4th Way Companies Can Support Grieving Employees – “Get over it. You’re not special. Everyone throughout history has grieved. Everyone in the future will grieve. Dead people automatically become ‘saints’, so remember all the bullshit they pulled on you while they were alive”.

  8. Green Man

    January 19, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    Wow, that is tough! I have lost both parents, both grandmothers and uncle over the last 4 years. I could never understand his grief but I share it.

  9. Gixellia

    January 19, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Just BE present. Forget your role, your position, leave that outside the door. BE a soul listening to another soul.

    • Sérgio Luis

      January 19, 2021 at 8:32 pm

      beautiful comment

  10. CalicoCooperFan

    January 19, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    Loss comes in many shapes. Each of us handles loss differently. Totally agree with his ideas. I would also add that companies should give some “protection” to employees dealing with loss in terms of performance reviews. Despite the tremendous loss he was dealt with. It sounds like he recovered well. I know multiple people that went through divorces and their performance dropped due to all that they were dealing with. They were let going during downsizing. I’m confident, given time and therapy, they could be top performers again.

  11. Ayushman Guha

    January 19, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    Sorry for your loss ☹️and thank you🙂

  12. A M

    January 19, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    It is NOT the place of any business or Corp to interfere in employees lives.

    • Arjuna Valli

      January 21, 2021 at 11:58 am

      They already do it 8 hours per day anyway. They might also take that task since they expect me to give most of my life to them

  13. Dark Soul

    January 19, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    May your daughter rest in peace 🙏❤

  14. Falk Mathes

    January 19, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    viruses don’t exist. no cancer no AIDS, no SARS, no Covid, no papillom, no Alzheimer, no ADS no ADHS. All money-generating phantasie-products of pharmaindustrie and conventional medizin (= satanism);

    • Caro Bertrand

      January 20, 2021 at 12:14 am

      Diseases are a thing. Viruses are a thing. I suggest you look it up a little

  15. Kirk Patrick

    January 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    Getting support for grievances at work is just as easy as taking a comp day. Just make sure you still meet your deadlines which assume you work 60 hours a week, always.

  16. Chris Mcintosh

    January 19, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    Grief never leaves. It does heal over time but leaves a scar that never fades. I think of those who I’ve lost every day even years later. That I’ll never see them again is the hardest thing.

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 1:57 pm

      He once help me get my partner back instantly

  17. Jeez Maleez

    January 19, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    I haven’t even graduated high school yet but I need to know how to help employees who are grieving.

    Stay safe everyone and know that you’re not alone, you are loved ❤️

  18. Kipper Dipper

    January 19, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    I haven’t even graduated high school yet but I need to know how to help employees who are grieving.

    Stay safe everyone and know that you’re not alone, you are loved ❤️

  19. PetThePizza

    January 19, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    If this isnt a scathing indictment of capitalism I don’t know what is. Imagine he wasn’t some executive who is most likely not alienated from his work but a waiter or some other service employee.

    • Treacy Jane

      January 20, 2021 at 12:51 pm

      Message him now for help

    • Treacy Jane

      January 20, 2021 at 12:52 pm

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    • Treacy Jane

      January 20, 2021 at 12:52 pm

      He once help me get a good work in America 🇺🇸

    • TheSassi42

      January 21, 2021 at 11:11 am

      More an indictment of time contracts, that allow companies to fire employees for health reasons…

    • PetThePizza

      January 21, 2021 at 2:33 pm

      @TheSassi42 Why do you think that is exactly lol. Capitalism incentivizes companies to value profit over its employees, so they fire a sick worker to hire a healthy worker.

  20. Smoking Chronic

    January 19, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    🤙

  21. Techy Earn

    January 19, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    অনলাইনে আয়ের ক্ষেত্রে ফ্রিল্যান্সিং কাজ করার বিষয়টি সবচেয়ে জনপ্রিয়। বিভিন্ন ফ্রিল্যান্সারদের দক্ষতার ওপর ভিত্তি করে ফ্রিল্যান্স কাজের সুযোগ দেয় কয়েকটি ওয়েবসাইট। সেখানে অ্যাকাউন্ট খুলে দক্ষতা অনুযায়ী কাজের জন্য আবেদন করতে হয়। কাজদাতা তাদের প্রয়োজন অনুযায়ী যোগাযোগ করে ফ্রিল্যান্সারকে কাজ দেয়। বিস্তারিত জানতে Techy Earn সাবস্ক্রাইভ করে সাথে থাকুন।

  22. True Crime Queen TV

    January 19, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    Thank you 🙏

  23. Cass

    January 19, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    empathy training can help avoid awkwardness in the workplace <3

  24. Perry Champagne

    January 19, 2021 at 10:19 pm

    Thank you for providing insight on how to deal with the loss of a family member. No parent should have to bury a child.

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 12:47 pm

      Message him for any kinds of help

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 12:49 pm

      He once help me get a good job in united kingdom

  25. munna's kitchen

    January 19, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    Very much useful video. Thanks for sharing

  26. bravojr

    January 20, 2021 at 12:53 am

    “Don’t be evil.”

  27. Erika L

    January 20, 2021 at 2:06 am

    I’ve gotten the dog dying bit too. You don’t feel mad at them because you know they’re trying… But at the same time it’s like they want you to focus on their pain instead of hearing out yours… And you’re just so exhausted with grief you don’t have what they want to give.

  28. Frances Bernard

    January 20, 2021 at 4:13 am

    Working in any kind of retail sales is very problematic when dealing with grief and pain unless being a supervisor of other employees since people are often being judged in unconscious ways by their appearance too which can affect positive or negative how they are discerning if the person trying to sell them something does believe in the product as having good value. Being a doctor would be different. When a patient is trying to heal and grieve at the same time the same ways of being supportive to them should be practiced by the doctor. When a doctor understands the human experience of deep grief that could be beneficial while on a team that is trying to help diagnose any patient who is trying to heal from illness and injury while having to grieve at the same time too. When retail sales are being done to sell medical devices you would think that after experiencing deep grief the person selling them would be able to listen with the heart to people grieving from the loss of normal hearing and that could be beneficial to the company they work for. That is if they can get through all of the education needed to do so around professors who only ever like their youngest students who have never experienced deep grief best.

  29. R. K.

    January 20, 2021 at 7:56 am

    I feel you.
    I am in middle management and lost my wife at the age of 42. For 1,5 years, my three daughters (13,11,3 at the time) and I watched her die, due to cancer.
    It wasn’t easy to work full-time and keep the family sane.
    But, in the end, we grow with our challanges.

  30. YouAndImpact

    January 20, 2021 at 8:48 am

    Please stay safe

  31. Dave G

    January 20, 2021 at 11:13 am

    Most companies don’t care

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 1:58 pm

      Message him now for help

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 1:58 pm

      He once help me

  32. MegaKootz

    January 20, 2021 at 11:41 am

    In the United Corporations Of America, Title should read “3 ways employees can support grieving companies”.

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 12:44 pm

      Message him for help

    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 12:45 pm

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    • James Smith

      January 20, 2021 at 12:46 pm

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  33. Lisa Love Ministries

    January 20, 2021 at 9:44 pm

    Proverbs 3:5-6💕

  34. OFF SHORE XXL

    January 21, 2021 at 2:51 am

    My close uncle my only friend here in SE division Portland Oregon was shot & killed for no reason this sunday morning 1/17/21 & I’m in desperate need of help. & this makes me feel like I’m not alone. I’m going through everything you went through

  35. Ulises Merlos

    January 21, 2021 at 3:56 am

    que estupidez

  36. selon flora

    January 23, 2021 at 2:21 am

    Grief is like the roommate you never wanted and, unfortunately, you must live with for the rest of your life.

  37. Laurie O'Connor

    January 23, 2021 at 7:22 am

    Thank you so much for sharing your story & I’m so sorry for your loss. I wish the best for you & your family. I intend too share your story with management & family to instill the empethitic values you speak about, to ensure all have the skills to to ensure we are in a position to assist each other during our time of need! Thank you

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