Workplace culture is crucial for high performance and a big part of that is psychological safety: can your employees express themselves without fear of negative consequences?
Stephan Weidner, coach and CEO of Zarango and Noomii, took me to task when I asked (on behalf of my husband) if this means we have to talk about feelings a lot more. The answer is yes. Yes: we need to talk about feelings, but we don't have to become therapists. Other tidbits from Stephan:
đ° He sees psychological safety as a proxy for high performance because there is considerable evidence about the correlation.
1ď¸âŁ Google conducted a significant study that found psychological safety to be the #1 predictor of the teams they rated as high performing.
đ Canadians beware! Politeness is not psychological safety!
This was a great conversation - I definitely built on my previous knowledge and I'm sold! Thanks Stephan!
