7 Things Psychological Safety Is Not

The Leader Factor

If you want to implement a psychological safety initiative in your organization, you'll need to explain what psychological safety isn't. Why? Because your culture won't change unless it's built on a shared understanding.

Psychological safety isn’t artificial niceness or a lack of accountability. Unless you clarify, stakeholders might think it’s a gimmick or dismiss it because of the baggage of the implied definition of the term. They'll need to know what psychological safety isn’t, along with what it is.

On this week's episode of The Leader Factor, hosts Tim and Junior share the top 7 misconceptions of psychological safety and what to do about them.

Episode Chapters
(00:45) Start
(03:53) Psychological safety isn't a shield from accountability.
(05:06) Psychological safety isn't niceness.
(06:30) Psychological safety isn't coddling.
(07:55) Psychological safety isn't consensus decision-making.
(09:45) Psychological safety isn't unearned autonomy.
(13:28) Psychological safety isn't political correctness.
(14:30) Psychological safety isn't rhetorical reassurance.
(16:26) Identifying The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety

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