"Whatever You Need, Just Ask": A Leadership Standard for Grief in the Workplace

Grief doesn’t follow a policy, a timetable or a predictable path. After losing my 14-year-old daughter, Ellie, I learned what it looks like when leadership gets grief right—and why “whatever you need, just ask” can mean more than anything written in an employee handbook. This is a personal story about loss, leadership and the standard organizations should set for showing up when their people need them most.