Psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. It can be defined as “being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status or career” (Kahn, 1990; Edmondson and Lei, 2014). On psychologically safe teams, team members feel acceptance, mutual respect and trust.
How can a team leader, safety professional or GM contribute to the level of psychological safety on their team or in their facility? Much has been published on how psychological safety is important to organizational innovation, trust and collaboration, but not so much on activities to create it.
It appears that the level of psychological ...
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