For Corporations

The Empowerment Agency partners with wellness teams, employee resource groups, human resource departments, Office of Inclusion and/or DEI teams to provide program development, educational programming, facilitated discussions, sensitivity training and other programming to promote wellness, inclusivity, awareness, and compassion within the workplace. Programming is provided onsite or virtually to meet the complex needs of organizations. We also offer a crisis response for critical incidents or current events impacting employee’s morale and ability to perform. Sites who receive support report high employee satisfaction with organizational response, decrease in stress response among employees who engage, and higher reports of employees feeling supported by employer. In addition, employees report feeling a decrease in stress, more prepared to manage their challenges, an increase of awareness of resources available within the company or in the community, more equipped with tools related to navigating challenging situations and more prepared to engage in selfcare.

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    Wellbeing Facilitated Discussion

    Host an in person or virtual wellness session to engage your employees around wellness topics related to recovery and wellbeing. Each session provides an open (we encourage ‘safe’) space for individuals to discuss their current thoughts, feelings, and reactions. The facilitator will provide context, guidance, and recommendations based on evidenced-based strategies and expertise. Each session also includes a discussion centered around self-care strategies and resources available to employees to promote engagement in employment assistance program (EAP), insurance resources and other wellness resources. Each session last about 45 minutes to 1-hour.

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    Critical Incident Stress Management Debriefing

    Critical incidents such as the death of an employee, violence, or other traumatic events often occur onsite, offsite or within the community impacting employee morale, performance and/or mental and emotional wellbeing. Debriefing sessions provide employees with real time support and resources to help them process and connecting to resources that promote resilience and recovery. Debriefing sessions should be offered within 24-48 hours of incident to be most effective. Sessions are available in person and virtually for group level and/or one-on-one support.

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    Customized Training and Workshops

    Consultants will work with corporations to developing content for trainings and workshops based on the needs of the organization. Each training or workshop is developed with objectives and strategies to assure that individuals receive information and action items to implement in real time. Each session integrates adulting learning principles and other considerations to improve attendee engagement, cognitive processing, and real time implementation of the content.

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    Consultation and Program Development

    Consultants work with Human Resource/Chief People Departments; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Wellness Teams, and other departments to develop programs, provide crisis management; develop policies and procedures; and other programs to address the unique needs of the company and employees. Subject matter experts are assigned to individual projects from beginning to end to assure considerations and strategies are implemented from stakeholder engagement to data outcome reporting.

Example of clinical consultation for corporations or government entities:

 1) There is an employee related issue where behavioral health may be a factor in the incident such as domestic violence, suicide, suspicion of or known mental health concerns, coping with stress management, traumatic exposure (direct or secondary/vicarious), burnout, etc.

Services may be provided in efforts focused on prevention and post-vention.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consulting

DEI programming creates opportunities to educate, celebrate and create opportunities for employees to engage one another and promote collaborative spaces. Due to workplace incidents or mainstream events centered around violence, racism, discrimination or other traumatizing events, companies benefit from subject matter experts to create recommendation and strategies to promote workplace resilience. Our services range from policy development, facilitated discussions, focus groups, and educational programming to address the unique needs of each company. DEI consultants are assigned based on the nature of the incident or program to assure that appropriate solutions are provided based on evidenced based research and best practices.

Corporate Wellness Programs

Consultants work with wellness teams to provide educational workshops or facilitated discussions that promote resilience and wellbeing. Each session is customized based on a needs assessment of the company and its employees. Sessions are based on the company’s time allotted and number of sessions requested. Most companies provide virtual sessions for employee engagement twice a month for one hour each session. Attendees reports after attending sessions, lowered anxiety; feelings associated with feeling relief and more relaxed; and increase awareness of services and resources available to enhance wellbeing.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)/ Management (CISM)

CISM is a debriefing service for individuals and organizations who have workplace stressor or who have been exposed to trauma. CISM promotes processing and recovery from stressful events that may cause debilitating effects on productivity or daily living activities. Workplace stressors and trauma include but are not limited to the following: workforce reduction, sexual harassment, ethics and/or human resource mishandling, death, crime related incidents, high profile cases impacting employees or workplace environment, active shooter, suicide, and other incidents impacting employees.

A consultant may be hired to respond onsite to help provide support to employees that promote recovery and wellness. CISM/D may be schedule by appointment or as a crisis occurs by contacting The Empowerment Agency. Consultants are matched based on experience, knowledge, and availability.

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Why is it important to provide support to employees who have been exposed to trauma.

Trauma exposure is the #1 contributing factor to mental illness, substance abuse, and other dysfunctional behaviors. The Empowerment Agency has worked with various first responders, corporate employees, professionals, and others to help alleviate the impact of trauma. For more information on debriefing sessions and decreasing the negative impact of trauma contact us today.