What is Psychological Safety & Why It Matters

What is psychological safety, why does it matter, and how it can cure many of the DEI and cultural issues we face in the modern workplace:

Silence kills business. Silence kills relationships. Silence is a leadership killer. As culture is a mirror of leadership, then silence can ruin culture. It’s critically important for people to feel like they have a voice and can speak up about difficult matters without fear of retribution. It’s just as important for people to feel comfortable being true authentic selves. That is psychological safety. Psychological safety is where everyone in a team leaves nothing on the table. Where there is vulnerability, candor, and we don’t hold back important information. Where people feel a sense of inclusiveness, empathy and fairness. If we do it right, it is the simplest and purest way to build a people-first culture with low attrition levels and high employee engagement . But it’s not that easy.

Why is it not easy? The brain has 165 biases that most of us have no idea exist that inhibit our ability to be vulnerable, empathetic and inclusive. These are the leadership qualities needed to build psychological safety.

The keynote will cover:

• What is psychological safety and why it matters
  
• The new DEI equation Empathy > IE > D
  
• A simple leadership model to use to start your psychological safety journey.

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About DX Learning Solutions

DX creates blended learning experiences that lead to new and compelling acts of leadership.

When you work with us, you can expect to experience real change. For your people. For your leaders. For your organization.

We combine neuroscience, a relentless focus on efficacy, and a mindset of continuous improvement, to develop experiential learning at its very, very best.

Our experiential development programs are unique, scalable, and as effective virtually as they are in person. Your managers will discover blind spots, improve self-awareness, and accelerate their own improvement in emotional intelligence and targeted leadership behaviors that you and your business needs.

We aspire to be the best in the world at:

– Empowering Managers To Behave Like Leaders

– Creating Psychologically Safe Teams

– Values-Based Leadership Development

DX was founded on the principles of inclusive leadership and creating a more equitable workplace

over 5 years ago. Since then we have re-wired over 17,000 leaders globally and rising. Organizations like Discover Financial, Eaton Corporation, ManpowerGroup, Sysmex, Takeda, TEKsystems and Zurich Insurance, turn to DX to partner in progressive leadership development and bring their values and cultures alive.

Modern managers need to be trained to lead, aligned to the needs of the modern worker and

workplace. If you want inclusive leaders building human-centric cultures, then you need to expose

bad leadership and help them unlearn bad habits that are no longer effective or relevant. DX

Learning is here to help you achieve these goals.al