How to Implement Psychological Safety at Work

Do you feel safe to express ideas and opinions at work without the fear of judgment or even punishment?

In today's workplaces, we have a greater understanding of just how important mental wellbeing is to our teams, to us individually, and to our performance. And part of that is driven by our ability to feel safe and supported in the workplace.

In this episode, we explore the important topic of psychological safety with Dr. Vaneeta Sandhu, Head of Operations and Emotional Fitness at Coa. Vaneeta breaks down what psychological safety looks like on an individual, team, and company-wide level, and what organizations can do to improve it. We explore the business case for prioritizing psychological safety and how demonstrating the positive impact on retention, job satisfaction, innovation, and productivity can help you get leadership buy-in to make it a priority.

Key moments: 

• What is psychological safety?
• Tips for effective feedback delivery and the importance of the 5:1 positive to negative feedback ratio
• What organizations can do to boost psychological safety
• The business case for psychological safety and how to get buy-in from leadership
• What leaders get wrong about psychological safety

Key links: 

• Subscribe to HR Unplugged Series: https://www.bamboohr.com/resources/podcasts/hr-unplugged/
• Join HR Heroes Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/hrheroesworkspace/shared_invite/zt-21ad3f1r8-dkWC2EdmyhxUAHw9cGLdQw/
• Bamboo HR Homepage: https://www.bamboohr.com/
• Connect with Vaneeta on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaneetasandhu/