What makes for a great team – whether personal or professional – and how can organizations and individuals create a more psychologically healthy environment? 

Many of us have been fortunate enough to be on a really great team…and most all of us have probably been on a bad one. So, what makes for a great team – whether personal or professional – and is it as simple as just being good at your job, or is there more to it than that? It turns out one of the key factors is called psychological safety, which we'll be learning about today with the help of a world-class expert.

About our Guest: Dr. Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, where she studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning. She’s the author of six books, including her most recent book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth. 

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Key Topics:

2:00: What is psychological safety?

7:15: How does psychological safety relate to personality?

11:45: Stress and high performance. 

14:00: Me vs. We

17:30: Psychological safety vs. psychological abuse. 

22:00: Creating a safe group environment.

27:00: Accepting responsibility.

31:30: Psychological safety in virtual environments.

34:00: Giving good feedback.

37:30: Just one thing. 

41:30: A message to your younger self.

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