Security teams of all sectors face incidents of violence, anxiety, escalation and trauma during their careers. For a security leader, fostering a healthy workplace environment following trauma or helping managers and frontline security personnel navigate such incidents is particularly essential to healing, reducing turnover, and allowing everyone in the workplace to feel heard, respected and confident.
And, one may argue, a security leader’s job goes beyond his or her own team. Mental health crises and traumatic incidents can negatively affect not only the environment and employee satisfaction within an organization, but the safety and security within the organization as well (think insider risk, workplace violence, etc.).