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Creating a Psychologically Safe Environment

Communication & Collaboration
Communication & Collaboration
All Levels

When people have a sense of voice, they can contribute their best ideas and teams can benefit from a diversity of perspectives. In this training, we consider the benefits of creating a culture of voice and a sense of psychological safety: the belief that a team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking. We share specific examples of barriers to voice, and offer actions participants can take to find their own voice, help amplify the voices of others, and foster a psychologically safe team environment where everyone feels they can speak up.

Training Includes:

  • Research
  • Self Reflection
  • Discussions
  • Activities
  • Action Planning

Learning Objectives

Participants will leave this training with an understanding of:

  • What it means to create a culture of voice, and why a sense of voice and psychological safety are important on teams. 
  • Key barriers to voice and psychological safety.

And the confidence and tactics to:

  • Create a psychologically safe environment where people feel like their voice will be heard, respected, and valued.

Formats Offered

  • In-Person or Virtual Workshop
  • In-Person or Virtual Keynote

High-Level Outline

Introduction

Share the science of voice and psychological safety, emphasizing the importance of creating norms that foster a sense of voice so that people will speak up—both with ideas, and when they see something going wrong.

Key Barriers to Voice

Consider key barriers to voice, including stereotypes about whose ideas matter, a lack of psychological safety, and team communications norms.

Strategies to Promote Voice and Psychological Safety

Discuss strategies to promote voice and create psychological safety, considering the norms, processes, and culture of the organization.

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Paradigm empowers organizations to create high-performance workplaces where everyone can do their best work.

56 %

Increase in job performance

50 %

Decrease in Turnover risk

75 %

Fewer employee sick days