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Here are a three ways leaders can foster psychological safety that will lead to higher levels of teamwork and collaboration in your work environment:
- Have a “psychological safety” conversation with the team and create an understanding of what it is and why it’s important. Then, have the team share ideas for making it part of their team experience, and create and commit to a “Team Agreement.”
- Instill a commitment to ABC Communication, “always be curious.” If your team commits to always being curious, the first response would be a question seeking to understand instead of showing judgment.
- Have private check-ins with each team member to ensure they feel they are able to participate at a level their comfortable and encourage additional ideas to make it even better. Then, bring the anonymous collective ideas to the team for discussion and refinements of the “Team Agreement.”
What is your experience with psychological safety in your work environments? What strategies have you incorporated to create it? Leave a comment below and let’s start a conversation.
