Anthony Casablanca

Anthony Casablanca is the co-founder (with Guy Casablanca) of GriefLeaders, a training and consulting organization devoted to educating leaders on how to help grieving employees excel at work. Anthony is a senior executive with 30-plus years of experience and a proven track record of purpose-driven leadership. He has held several leadership roles with Batesville Casket Company, the world’s largest funeral service products provider, and was named the 2009 Human Resource Executive of the Year for Indiana. Brothers, Guy and Anthony Casablanca are the co-authors of The Dying Art Of Leadership: How Leaders Can Help Grieving Employees Excel at Work. Anthony Casablanca is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Follow him on LinkedIn.

Articles by Anthony Casablanca

• Job insecurity and economic uncertainty: How leaders can ease the emotional toll on employees

  Friday, September 18, 2020

  The death of a loved one is not the only type of devastating loss that leads to grief. Your own company’s initiatives can also be emotionally traumatizing to employees. When you understand that any significant change to a person’s current reality can trigger grief, it becomes easier to see how company initiatives can trigger the stages of grief in employees. Cost-cutting and "right-sizing" efforts, from reducing benefits to layoffs, are emotionally traumatizing events for your people. Significant changes in job responsibilities can also be a culprit.