Can empathetic, healing centered workplaces change the entire culture of a community? A nation? What would a healing centered workplace look like, offer, and change?
Katherine Manning, author of “The Empathetic Workplace - Five Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job” joins, PACEs Connection CEO Ingrid Cockhren and Mathew Portell, PACEs Connection director of education and outreach, to discuss what it would take to create empathetic, healing-centered workplaces on Thursday, January April 13 at 1 p.m. CT; 4 p.m. ET.
“Following the Pandemic, there was a ‘Great Resignation’ of people leaving the workplace, in large part, because many of our people don’t make a living wage. Many of our workplaces, unlike those in most other industrialized nations, don’t offer paid family leave and other family-supporting benefits. This is part of what we’ll explore. We’ll also look at what we as individuals can do to apply Manning’s five steps to the trauma we face in the workplace,” said Cockhren.
About Katharine Manning
Katharine Manning has worked on issues of trauma and victimization for more than 25 years. Her book, “The Empathetic Workplace: Five Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job” was published by HarperCollins Leadership in 2021.
Manning is president of Blackbird DC, Training and Consultation on Empathy at Work, and is a former senior attorney advisor with the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. For fifteen years Manning guided the Justice Department through its response to victims in cases ranging from terrorism to large-scale financial fraud to child exploitation. Some of the cases she advised on include the Boston Marathon bombing, the Pulse nightclub and South Carolina AME church shootings, the uprising in Charlottesville, the Madoff investment fraud, and the federal case against Larry Nassar, doctor for the U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics team.
Manning now uses her expertise to help organizations prepare for and respond to the challenges they face involving employees and clients who may be in trauma. A member of the bar in Washington, D.C. and California, Manning also served as an attorney with the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop in San Francisco, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in class actions, insurance, and media cases. She is a graduate of Smith College and the University of Virginia School of Law and teaches at American University and in the Master’s in Trauma-Informed Leadership Program at Dominican University.
Manning will also be a speaker for our “Healing Centered Workplaces: The Future of Work” conference slated for June 13 - 15, 2023, when she and several fellow noted authorities on creating healthier, more inclusive and supportive workplaces will share findings, insights, research and more with our PACEs Connection community. Registration information is here.
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