Cover of Leading Through Organizational Grief by Dr. Jennifer Harden.
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About the Book

By Dr. Jennifer Harden

Leading Through Organizational Grief

Organizational change is often discussed in terms of strategy, structure, and performance. But leaders also carry the emotional weight of change, often without the language, support, or space to process what they are experiencing.

What Leaders Carry During Organizational Change

From the Foreword

“One of the greatest strengths of this book is Jennifer’s ability to bridge research and practice.”

“She gave language to something that many leaders have experienced but few have been able to describe.”

Derek Rohde, PhD
Editor, North American Journal of Psychology

Dr. Rohde first became acquainted with Dr. Harden’s work while serving as her dissertation chair. In the foreword, he describes the book as an important contribution to leadership scholarship and professional practice and highlights its focus on the human realities leaders experience during organizational change.

The Core Framework

Leadership Grief Response Model™

At the center of the book is the Leadership Grief Response Model™, a practical framework for understanding how leaders move through the human realities of organizational change. The model offers four orientations that help leaders recognize what they may be carrying and identify movement toward more sustainable, grounded ways of leading.

The Four Shifts

01 | Suppression → Acknowledgment

02 | Self-Sufficiency → Seeking Support

03 | Surviving → Sustainable

04 | Guarded → Grounded

Moving from coping strategies built for crisis toward practices designed to sustain leadership over time.

Moving from carrying grief invisibly to naming it honestly.

Moving from managing alone to seeking genuine help.

Moving from leading behind protective walls toward leadership grounded in honest self-knowledge.

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Explore a research-informed and practical approach to understanding what leaders carry through organizational change and what becomes possible when that experience is acknowledged.

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