Common Mistakes Bosses Make When a Coworker Dies

Tara Wilken
8 min readMay 12, 2020

And how you can avoid making them.

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During my time in corporate, I have dealt with 8 coworkers deaths.

Beyond dealing with my own grief for my coworkers, I have emotionally supported and comforted hundreds of people dealing with death in the workplace. No matter my job title, no matter if I know the person personally or not. People come to me with their…

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Tara Wilken

Well-Being Curator. Empowering high achievers with easy, practical self-care resources. So you can spend time with people who matter. https://www.tarawilken.com