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Trauma Sensitivity at Work is a practical, research-informed guide for leaders building safe, inclusive teams. It offers accessible strategies to create cultures where people feel valued, supported, and able to do their best work.


Grounded in care, compassion, and courage, it equips leaders to reduce burnout and turnover by creating conditions where people are restored, not depleted. Whether you lead teams or have simply sensed that something deeper needed attention at work, this book meets you there.

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Explore how personal trauma patterns show up in leadership—and learn practical tools to build trust, resilience, and belonging.
Trauma Sensitivity at Work reframes burnout and conflict through a trauma-sensitive lens grounded in humanity, research, and real-world practice.

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About The Author

Adriana Leigh is an award-winning international changemaker and founder of ALG Consulting. A former workplace human rights lawyer turned facilitator, she brings over twenty years of global experience working at the intersection of trauma-sensitive leadership and inclusive workplace culture.

She has collaborated with organizations worldwide, including the United Nations and public- and private-sector organizations, helping leaders build safer, more human-centered workplaces. Adriana lives in Montreal, Canada.

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With humanity, clarity, and practical tools, Trauma Sensitivity at Work shows leaders how to turn compassion into culture—so people feel safe, included, and able to be and do their best.

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Stephen “Shed” Shedletzky 

Speaker & Author of Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step Up

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Trauma Sensitivity at Work is the leadership book we’ve been waiting for. Leigh reframes workplace well-being from an individual responsibility to a collective one. Offering practical tools that don’t just prevent harm—they actively build trust, resilience, and belonging. Required reading for the future of work.

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Anita Nowak

Author of Purposeful Empathy and on faculty at the McGill Executive Institute

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Adriana Leigh’s timely and nuanced Trauma Sensitivity at Work shows leaders how everyday leadership behaviors can create safety rather than amplify employee trauma. In disrupted times, getting this right is not optional; it is a core leadership responsibility.

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Gena Cox

Organizational psychologist and author, Leading Inclusion

Hear Adriana in conversation about the book

In this conversation with Stephen Shedletzky, Adriana explores what trauma sensitive leadership looks like in practice — and what small shifts change everything for teams. Recorded live at our virtual book launch.

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