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Trauma-Informed Leadership

A new lens & practices that strengthen safety, trust, and belonging

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How This Will Help

This workshop is for organizations ready to lead with clarity, care, and emotional intelligence. It goes beyond traditional leadership models by helping participants understand how stress and trauma – past or present – shape the way people show up at work. We will explore how to recognize nervous system responses, reduce reactivity in themselves and others, and foster environments where safety, trust, and accountability can thrive side by side.

The greatest strategy we have in connecting with others and creating psychologically safe workplaces is ourselves.

Being trauma-informed isn’t a toolbox we open when we need to – it’s a shift in how we see ourselves and those we lead. When leaders learn to notice their own stress responses and create space for regulation and reflection, they become more grounded, present, and effective. This change ripples outward: conversations become more productive, conflict becomes easier to navigate, and team members feel valued and empowered. Whether you're managing change, building culture, or simply wanting to lead better, this workshop offers a powerful new lens for leadership that creates lasting impact.

Learning Objectives

  • Explore a clear definition of trauma & understand the types and roots of trauma
  • Understand how the nervous system developed and why we feel the effects of this evolutionary process today and during difficult conversations
  • Understand the concepts of self-regulation and dysregulation, and how they can present at work
  • Survival care vs. self-care & trauma-informed boundary-setting
  • Identify “triggers” and process how to manage dysregulation at work
  • Discover how trauma-informed leadership can support teams in communication, productivity, and collaboration

Take-Away Strategies & Tools

  • The language of trauma and how using it well can remove shame, stigma and increase regulation on teams and at work
  • Self-regulation practices
  • The Window of Tolerance & Hand Model of the Brain to understand dysregulation
  • Framework for prioritizing tasks and relationships to protect physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing
  • The mindset shift that changes everything

"This workshop challenged leaders to think differently"

melanie zak | manager, organization development and employee experience

city of barrie

Thank you for facilitating Trauma-Informed Leadership for leaders at the City of Barrie. The session was incredibly powerful, thought-provoking, and deeply resonated with employees across the organization.

Your ability to create a space for reflection, learning, and authentic conversation was truly impactful. Participants particularly valued the opportunity to reframe behaviour through a nervous system lens, deepen their understanding of psychological safety and supportive leadership, and explore practical leadership and communication strategies that can immediately strengthen connection, trust, and wellbeing within teams.

This workshop challenged leaders to think differently about leadership in today’s environment and reinforced the importance of leading with empathy, awareness, and intention. Thank you for sharing your expertise and for inspiring conversations that will continue to influence how leaders support employees and shape workplace culture across the organization.

Additional Information

Audience

This workshop has been developed for both leaders and teams – it can be easily tailored to Trauma-Informed Teams (instead of "leadership")

Length

Length of this workshop is four hours

Delivery Method

This session is available for in-person or virtual delivery

Customization

This session can be tailored or customized to fit your team's specific needs and challenges

Sound like a fit for your team?!

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