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Psychological Safety – A Virtual Learning Programme
Those interested in creating high-performance teams with higher levels of engagement, increased motivation to tackle difficult problems and performance.
“There is no team without trust” the highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety, the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. When the workplace feels challenging but not threatening, teams can sustain the broaden-and-build mode.
CPD Points: 6
Course Category: Virtual Learning Programmes
- Describe the concept of Psychological Safety – its origins and what it refers to
- Recognise how Psychological Safety affects personal and team performance - its relationship to success
- Identify common barriers to Psychological Safety
- Describe the role and behaviours required of a team leader in creating a culture of Psychological Safety
- Develop success strategies in relation to Psychological Safety
Webinar 1- Introduction to Psychological Safety
• How do we define Psychological Safety and where does the concept come from?
• What Psychological Safety isn’t - common misconceptions.
• Psychological Safety survey
• Interpersonal risk and working culture - what gets in the way?
Individual Assignment
- Each participant will watch a short video - Susan David on Psychological Safety
- The task is to reflect on their own Psychological Safety survey that they completed during the session and make a note of 3 small things they can do to start to move towards higher levels of psychological safety.
Webinar 2 - Benefits of High Psychological Safety within Teams
• Five effective team behaviours
• Stories from the frontline - where Psychological Safety makes the difference
• Benefits of Psychological Safety for organisations, teams, & individuals
• Bringing out our best thinking and challenging what limits us
Individual Assignment
- Each participant will watch 2 videos - Brene Brown on Vulnerability and Amy Edmondson on Why Psychological Safety is important.
- The task is to write a list of 6 bullet point “takeaways” from the two talks combined (What struck them as interesting, valuable, and relevant to them that they’d like to remember?)
Webinar 3 - Psychological Safety in Practice
• Intention - Behaviour - Impact
• Shame, blame, & vulnerability
• Reducing the “threat response”
• Framing, fallibility, and messengers
• Reflection
• Personal action planning
