Psychological Safety: Key to Success and Wellbeing

 

Explains the legal requirement to create a psychologically safe working environment, and the actions everyone in the organisation can take to achieve this.

Most people are familiar with the idea that the working environment, both virtual and real, 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.

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 workshop 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 all staff, teams, 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.

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Key outputs

  • Educates participants on the legal requirement to create a psychologically safe working environment

  • Provides an understanding of the impact of a psychologically unsafe environment

  • Shares steps to ensure people are ok in the inside and feel safe to speak

  • Creates a sense of shared connection and support amongst the group and wider organisation

 
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