Psychological Safety

How to Make It Safe for People to Speak Up at Work

From The Greater Good Science Center: If we reward people for speaking their truth, we can create better and more productive workplaces. When people are afraid that something bad will happen to them because of their decision to speak up, in most cases, they won’t do it. And can we really blame them? This is, seemingly, leadership’s failure to foster the type of culture that encourages and rewards people for speaking up.

Read more at: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_make_it_safe_for_people_to_speak_up_at_work

Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company

Feelings of inclusion, connection, and trust with colleagues and managers are harder to come by for Black women due to the historical and sociocultural context of the U.S. workplace, and more broadly, our country. Research has shown that diverse teams need a foundation of psychological safety — the belief that everyone can pitch risky ideas and challenge the status quo without retaliation or judgment — to excel in the workplace. View the article here, Harvard Business Review.

Creating Psychological Safety in Teams

It is important for team members to feel that their environment supports asking for help, trying new ways of doing things, and learning from mistakes. This resource provides suggestions for how to make primary care practice team members feel safe as they engage in quality improvement activities.

Creating Psychological Safety in Teams, Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality