Join us for a behind-the-scenes talk with author Adriana Leigh! In this 30-minute conversation, you’ll explore how unresolved trauma drives burnout, conflict, and turnover, and discover practical, trauma-informed tools for embedding safety and trust into leadership, policy, and everyday organizational culture. We’ll save time at the end for questions from the audience, making this an interactive experience where you can connect directly with the author. 

About the Book

Address burnout, conflict, and turnover with a trauma-informed leadership lens.

Trauma Sensitivity at Work is a clear, compassionate, and practical guide to building cultures of inclusion, safety, and trust by addressing an often overlooked driver of workplace challenges: trauma. Drawing on over two decades of global experience in workplace human rights, leadership, and policy advising — as well as her background as a human rights lawyer and her own healing journey — international changemaker Adriana Leigh shows why trauma sensitivity is a core leadership competency today, and how to develop it in practice.

The book helps leaders understand trauma responses and how unresolved trauma can show up at work, including as perfectionism, overwork, disengagement, and mental health strain. Leigh invites reflection on how trauma may shape leadership style and team dynamics, while grounding insights in research, real-world examples, and organizational practice.

She bridges individual experience and systems change, showing how trauma-informed principles can be embedded into policy, training, and wellbeing initiatives to build safer, more sustainable workplaces. Through stories, prompts, and practical tools, she supports leaders in translating care into everyday decisions that strengthen retention, wellbeing, and performance.

Written for HR, DEI, and wellbeing leaders — and anyone navigating overwhelm or exhaustion at work — this book helps leaders reduce burnout and turnover by integrating a trauma-sensitive lens into leadership, policy, and culture.