Psychological Safety (Training)

As leaders how can do we create a work environment where people feel safe to speak up, share new ideas and work in innovative ways?

Psychological Safety is the secret to high performing teams according to Google and Dr Amy Edmondson.

The concept of Psychological Safety was first brought to prominence by Dr Amy Edmondson, a professor at Harvard Business School, when she documented that companies with a trusting workplace were more likely to perform better. Her findings were further supported by a much later study by Google’s ‘Project Aristotle’, which spent two years studying 180 teams to find what would ‘Build a Perfect Team’. This study established that one of the leading components of successful teams was high levels of ‘psychological safety’.

Remote and hybrid working threatens the Psychological Safety of teams. Numerous studies have found that conversations are less frequent, less spontaneous, and less informal. Team members feel isolated, disconnected from…