5 Plays for Psychological Safety

There are specific and tangible ways to build psychological safety on teams and help your clients do it too. Leadership consultants Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman share five practical plays from their psychological playbook series to help human resources professionals and business executives transform our team cultures. The tactics are easy to do although sometimes they require you to be your better self. Key Takeaways - Humility required: Asking "What am I missing?" invites ideas and discussion. - Listening: You've heard about the importance of listening - and it's necessary for psychological safety too. We need to listen to understand rather than listening to formulate your next response. - Being the better person: When challenged, before you get defensive... pause! - Normalizing Intelligent Failure: When we talk about embracing failure, it's not ALL failure. We still have to smart about the failures we embrace. And so so much more! 00:00 Intro 00:45 Defining psychological safety 02:44 An overview of the 5 plays 05:45 Simple ways to invite opinions 07:46 Listening 11:58 When you are attacked 16:28 You might be justified 17:41 Maybe you won't have to confront the person 21:33 Embracing risk and failure 23:56 Creating inclusion 26:32 The importance of inclusion (it's biology **Find Karolin & Minette** Website: https://www.thepsychologicalsafetyplaybook.com/ LinkedIn Karolin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolinhelbig/ LinkedIn Minette: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minettenorman/ Book: The Psychological Safety Playbook **Find Andrea (me)** Website: https://thehrhub.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-adams1/