Psychological safety is a climate where people feel comfortable being themselves and expressing ideas without fear of punishment for mistakes. It involves willingness to help others, fostering inclusion, taking risks and learning from failures. Teams with psychological safety allow open conversations, value diversity, and don't hold mistakes against members or reject people for differences.

1. Psychological Safety

2. What is Psychological Safety?
1. A climate in which people are comfortable
being (and expressing) themselves
2. The belief that you won’t be punished when
you make a mistake
3. To know that others have your back

3. Psychological Safety – Key Elements
• Willingness to help and team work
• Foster inclusion & diversity
• A constructive attitude to risk, mistakes and failure
• Open and candid conversation

4. Psychological Safety - Questions
1. If you make a mistake on this team it is often held against you
2. Members of this team are able to bring up problems and touch
issues
3. People on this team sometimes reject others for being different
4. It is safe to take risks on this team
5. It is difficult to ask other members of this team for help
6. No one on this team would deliberately act in a way that
undermines my efforts
7. Working with members of this team, my unique skills and
talents are valued and utilized.
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