Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

As a leader in the workplace, you are obligated to provide an environment of psychological safety for your direct reports and coworkers. But what is that? Psychological safety is a shared belief by members of a team that they will not be punished, ridiculed, or rejected for speaking up. Coworkers should be able to openly address fears, questions, concerns, beliefs, or opinions in a safe environment. It’s a culture that starts with the manager modeling certain behaviors and encouraging them across the team.

Many managers don’t have time to think about this, however, the psychological health of the team plays heavily into things like retention, motivation, productivity, and even sick leave. If you want to go above and beyond as a manager, then start paying attention to this critical component of leadership. In this episode your host, Monique, will help you understand the components of psychological safety, how to instill them, and how to measure them.

Using an interesting case study you’ll find out how her client turned her flailing team around and dramatically increased the scores on her people engagement survey. You won’t want to miss this informative episode and the chance to learn the strategy that Monique used!