How confident are your team in sharing their ideas? Do they only provide opinions that align with your own? How often will they speak truth to power, raise a difficult issue, or ask a question that challenges the status quo?

Psychological safety refers to people’s perception of the consequences of taking interpersonal risks, and research suggests it is the number one driver of team effectiveness. It’s also essential for a resilient workforce, organizational agility and genuine inclusiveness.

In this session, we’ll dig deeper into the concept of psychological safety, examining related research, discussing examples, and considering ways leaders can assess the level of psychological safety within their teams and organizations, as well as steps they can take to improve and protect it.

It’s essentially about whether or not people fear being seen in a bad light or treated as ignorant, incompetent, negative, or disruptive if they take such a risk.

In this fast paced and dynamic workshop, we will:

1. Discuss the concept of psychological safety and why it is important

2. Examine recent research by Dale Carnegie and others related to psychological safety and its importance for genuine inclusiveness, resilience and organizational agility

3. Look at ways to assess a team’s level of psychological safety

4. The impact of psychological safety on employee engagement

We will look at key elements such as:

• Inclusion safety – feel included and sense of belonging

• Learner safety – ok to experiment, try new things, make a mistake and ask for help

• Contributor safety – allowed to use your talents for meaningful work

• Challenger safety – okay to challenge the status quo and offer ideas to make things better

Spots are limited so register to secure your place. Breakfast will be provided.

About Dale Carnegie NZ & Pacific: For over a century, Dale Carnegie has been improving individual and business performance around the world. While our training techniques continue to evolve, our core principles remain true to a single vision: real transformation begins within.