Psychological safety is the number one factor influencing team performance. It also plays a crucial role in employee engagement, performance and wellbeing.
Designed for managers and team leaders, this workshop explores practical ways to create a psychologically safe environment where employees feel comfortable to express themselves and take risks without fear of negative consequences.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding the different aspects of psychological safety and their impact on team dynamics
- Insights into how the brain responds to unsafe environments
- Confidence in identifying and putting into practice behaviors that cultivate a psychologically safe environment
- Practical tools to initiate and support conversations around psychological safety at work
The term “Psychological Safety” is everywhere these days. Time and time again, psychological safety is identified as a vital factor for both team performance and individual wellbeing. It brings direct benefits to the bottom line, employee recruitment and retention, and resilience at both organizational and individual levels. But what does psychological safety really mean? How can we take steps to increase it in our environment? If we’re already “nice” to each other at work; why should we think about psychological safety? What happens if we don’t?
From this interactive workshop, participants will take away:
- A deeper understanding of psychological safety and the different forms it takes
- Awareness of how our brains react in unsafe environments
- More confidence in reading behaviours that influence team psychological safety
- Tools to raise these conversations at work
- A repertoire of actions and behaviours that support psychological safety
