Description:
Students:
• Participate in online self-paced, asynchronous 60-minute training weekly.
• Attend a virtual, 60-minute scheduled Group Coaching session weekly.
• Participate in the virtual community where you receive weekly prompts to reflect on what you are learning.
• The virtual community also has discussion groups to ask for real-time feedback for any challenges you are facing in your workplace as you apply your new learnings and skills.
This innovative program provides leaders with the tools, knowledge, and practices necessary to create psychologically safe and supportive workplaces. Through an approach grounded in trauma-informed principles, participants learn how to navigate the complexities of leadership with empathy, resilience, and insight.
The program helps leaders understand how trauma affects behavior, communication, and productivity, enabling them to foster environments where team members feel seen, valued, and empowered. Research shows that organizations with high psychological safety experience a 76% increase in engagement and a 50% reduction in turnover (Harvard Business Review, 2021). Key components include strategies for building trust, promoting wellbeing, managing stress responses, and creating a culture of openness and growth.
Trauma-informed workplaces have been linked to lower absenteeism, increased innovation, and stronger team cohesion (Forbes, 2022). Leaders who adopt trauma-informed practices not only support the mental health of their teams but also enhance decision-making, reduce conflict, and improve overall performance. By understanding how trauma and stress impact the nervous system, leaders can create conditions that help employees regulate emotions, maintain focus, and perform at their best.
This program is ideal for those ready to elevate their leadership by integrating compassion, inclusivity, and trauma-sensitive strategies into their professional practice, ensuring both personal and team growth.
Curriculum
Session 1- Resourcing and Understanding Trauma: This session focuses on equipping leaders with essential tools and strategies for maintaining personal and professional wellbeing. Emphasizing techniques for stress reduction, resilience-building, and self-regulation, participants will learn to create an environment that supports sustained productivity and overall health. Participants will also gain foundational knowledge on the nature of trauma, its varied effects on individuals, and how it manifests within workplace dynamics.
Session 2- Trauma-Informed Leadership: This session explores the principles of trauma-informed leadership, focusing on how leaders can cultivate trust, understanding, and empowerment among their teams. Through a blend of theory and practical applications, participants learn to lead with compassion while promoting safety and inclusivity.
Session 3- Trauma-Informed Supervision: Focused on refining supervisory practices, this session trains leaders how to supervise and provide feedback in ways that are sensitive to trauma-impacted individuals. Techniques for delivering constructive feedback, fostering growth, and ensuring supportive supervision are key elements of this section.
Session 4- Successful Communication through Conflict: This module provides effective frameworks for navigating and resolving conflicts in a trauma-informed manner. Emphasizing curiosity, perspective-taking, and normalization of conflict, participants will develop skills to manage tension while fostering mutual respect and constructive dialogue.
Session 5- Understanding Emotional Intelligence and Reactivity: Participants will explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and trauma reactivity, learning how self-awareness, empathy, and regulation contribute to effective leadership and team dynamics. Practical tools will enhance skills in managing emotional responses constructively.
Session 6- Building a Culture of Belonging with Psychological Safety: This module outlines the importance of psychological safety as a cornerstone for a thriving, trauma-informed workplace. Participants will learn strategies for building a culture that values openness, encourages risk-taking without fear of judgment, and supports diverse voices.
Bring to Class:
Course opens: September 8, 2025
Coaching Sessions: Tuesdays - September 9, 16, 23, 30, and October 7, 14 from 11:30 am-12:30 pm Central
Registration Cutoff Date:
8/29/2025
Dates & Times:
9/8/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Online - Begin Date
9/9/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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9/16/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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9/23/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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9/30/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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10/7/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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10/14/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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10/31/2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Online - End Date
