Grief is something that affects us all in different ways, and it is important to give both space and understanding to the sadness that a colleague may experience.
For many, the workplace can feel like a safe zone where you know what is expected, so it is good to try to maintain continuity in work tasks and avoid major changes if possible.
Remember, it's perfectly okay not to perform at your peak when you're grieving. Give your colleague space to be in their grief and understand that it can affect their ability to work.
Where appropriate and with the consent of the victim, inform others in the workplace of what has happened. It's common for colleagues to want to share their thoughts and feelings when someone else suffers a loss, and this can often spark their own, unprocessed emotions.
The colleagues of the person affected often have a need to vent their thoughts and feelings about the situation that has arisen. For when someone else suffers a loss, it often brings its own unprocessed sorrows to life.
