ALG Consulting

10/12/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HVf5JLKhv/

"My door is always open" is not psychological safety. Plenty of people learned early that speaking up gets punished, ignored, or used against them later. Saying the door is open doesn't undo that history.

Trauma sensitivity expert Adriana Leigh named what actually builds trust: structured meetings, agendas set in advance, and real follow-through when someone raises a concern. Not a policy. A pattern people can count on.

https://www.ctipp.org/post/the-power-of-the-pause-what-trauma-sensitivity-teaches-advocates-about-leadership

09/28/2026

For September's Community Advocacy Network call, Adriana Leigh, author of “Trauma Sensitivity at Work” and founder of ALG Consulting, walked Community Advocacy Network call participants through trauma sensitivity as a leadership lens, an extension of trauma-informed practice built for rooms that...

07/03/2026

06/30/2026

"A thoughtful, practical guide to trauma-informed workplaces." — BookLife Reviews

I'm proud to share that Trauma Sensitivity at Work has been selected as a 2026 Editor's Pick by BookLife Reviews (Publishers Weekly).

I wrote this book because I kept seeing the same pattern — good leaders, struggling teams, and unprocessed stress quietly shaping everything. It's time to bring those forces to the forefront.

Want to grab your copy? Link in bio. 📖

06/21/2026

Trauma Sensitivity at Work
A practical guide for leaders to build workplaces where people feel safe, valued, and able to do their best work.

Reframes well-being from an individual burden to a shared leadership responsibility — and offers tools to turn compassion into culture.

This book is about:

Building trust

Building inclusion

Creating workplaces that don’t just prevent harm — but actively foster belonging

If you’re leading teams in disrupted times, this conversation matters.

Link 🔗 in bio.

06/02/2026

Most leaders don't recognize trauma responses at work — because they don't look like trauma.

They look like the employee who stops speaking up in meetings. The team member who snaps at a colleague. The "performance problem" that HR can't quite explain.

I joined Dominique Attrell on the Just One Q podcast at Dialectic to talk about what trauma-informed leadership actually looks like in practice — drawing from my book, Trauma Sensitivity at Work.

We got into:
→ How stress responses quietly shape team dynamics
→ The difference between a checkbox approach and genuine sensitivity
→ Simple practices (like meeting hygiene) that support emotional regulation
Healthier teams aren't just a wellness goal. They're a performance strategy.
🎧 Link in comments

04/15/2026

Today, Trauma Sensitivity at Work is officially out in the world.

This book is for the leader who can feel something is wrong in their team but doesn't have the language for it yet.

For the HR professional watching burnout become ordinary.

For anyone who has sensed something deeper beneath the surface of workplace behaviour — and wanted a framework that takes that seriously.

Trauma sensitivity is a leadership skill.

Get your copy: https://algconsulting.ca/book/

03/20/2026

Something I've been working on for a long time is almost here. 💛

My book *Trauma Sensitivity at Work: How to Lead Safe, Inclusive Teams* is out April 15th.

It's for anyone who leads people and has ever wondered what's really underneath someone's behaviour — and how to respond with care instead of consequence.

📩 Want more insights ahead of launch? Sign up for my email newsletter: https://pages.algconsulting.ca/signup More soon. 🙏

07/10/2025

Some moments stay with you long after the work ends.

In Tbilisi, Georgia, I had the deep privilege of facilitating inclusive culture and United Nations’ Women’s Empowerment Principless (WEPs) workshops with private sector participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

We gathered to talk about policies, supply chains, and accountability. But what moved me most were the unscripted moments — quiet gestures that spoke volumes:

🌀 Teams collaborating across political and cultural divides with humility and care
🌀 A simple group photo becoming an act of shared visibility and trust
🌀 A soft ball passed hand to hand, ending each day to slow down together, with intention and respect

Grateful to UN Women Georgia team for co-creating these workshops and bringing folks across borders together with deep care and commitment.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16a7TJVxYn/