Cultivating Psychological Safety
Most people are familiar with the idea that the physical working environment needs, by law, to be safe. There are no wires for you to trip over or harmful materials in the walls to damage your lungs. However, safety in work also relates to the obligation employers have to protect colleagues from the possibility of harm being done to them psychologically. In July ’21 this was expressed clearly in an international work standard, ISO 45003.
Lack of psychological safety impedes and damages business success and can lie behind more serious work related ill-health, increased working days lost and higher levels of staff turnover. On the other hand, corporate cultures where psychological safety is the norm are associated with improved collaboration, better performance and mental health, and gains in productivity.
Overview
Suitable for Managers
In this session we explore what we mean by the term psychological safety and why it matters. We share a neurobiological model to understand and master our own internal sense of safety and explain the benefits collectively on how we work together, understand each other and align.
The session explains how this contributes to eliminating discrimination and inequity in the workplace, and provides a set of tools to identify problem areas, approach them coherently and find practical solutions.
Relevant for managers and leaders throughout the organisation, participants will leave the session with a greater understanding of the concept of psychological safety and the actions they can take to create a safe working environment.
Formats available
Outcomes
Understand the benefits to performance and productivity of the legal requirement to create a psychologically safe working environment
Develop awareness of the impact of a psychologically unsafe environment on individuals and on business success
Understand the steps to ensure people are ok on the inside and feel safe to speak
Create working environments where people can readily talk about difficult matters and safely challenge the status quo
Learn how to make sure people feel able to work collaboratively in a win-win culture for all
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