Lots of teams are struggling when it comes to implementing psychological safety – particularly in areas like straight-talking, listening to each other, and challenger safety. Building psychological safety requires open and honest communication, a willingness to embrace conflict, and a shared understanding of how the team works together. Getting the right balance of healthy conflict and “just being nice” is core to building a safe team.

Joining Dan and Pia this week is Squadify business analyst Juliet Hammond, who breaks down the latest figures from Squadify’s data on team performance.

Three reasons to listen

• To gain insights into the concept of psychological safety and how it impacts team performance.
• To learn about the different levels of psychological safety and how they contribute to team dynamics.
• To understand the importance of challenging and straight-talking within a psychologically safe team environment.

Episode highlights

• [00:04:14] What is psychological safety?
• [00:09:37] What Squadify measures
• [00:11:37] What teams are recognising
• [00:17:55] 44% of people experiencing stress
• [00:22:12] A leader's role in fostering psychological safety
• [00:28:49] Takeaways from Dan and Pia

Links

• Connect with Julia via LinkedIn
• The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety, by Timothy Clark
• Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive, by Amy Edmondson
• Employee Engagement Strategies: Fixing the World's $8.8 Trillion Problem – from Gallup
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