This is the first practical handson guide that shows how leaders can build psychological safety in their organization creating an environment where employees feel fully engaged and encouraged to contribute their best ideas.Fear has a profoundly negative impact on engagement learning efficacy productivity and innovation but until now there has been a lack of practical information on how to make employees feel safe about speaking up and contributing. Timothy Clark a social scientist and an organizational consultant provides a framework to move people through successive stages of psychological safety. The first stage is member safetythe team accepts you and grants you shared identity. Learner s