Does Your Team Have Psychological Safety? Unpacking This Hot Corporate Concept.

We talk with Dr. Stav Fainshmidt (professor of Strategy and Business at the College of Business of FIU­) about the hot topic of psychological safety at work and how we can take action to make our work environments a space where we can give our honest opinions without fear of retaliation.

- Resources discussed in this episode:

• The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, by Amy C. Edmonson
• Adam Grant’s WorkLife podcast episode “Is it Safe To Speak Up at Work?

Episode Highlights

• 4:10 Dr. Fainshmidt’s areas of expertise and courses. 
• 5:06 How his strategic management class helps students think like CEOs.
• 10:15 Psychological Safety definition
• 12:08 Research shows that most workplaces are not psychologically safe. Only three in 10 employees strongly agree with the statement that their opinions count at work.
• 13:37 common misconceptions around psychological safety
• 17:07 small things that can help increase psychological safety at your workplace.
• 19:04 this is not an overnight switch. Is it possible to make a change in an organization that is not known for having a psychologically safe environment?
• 24:51 The case of the employee that received worst manager award. You can listen to this on Adam Grant’s WorkLife

26:21 How does this work in the time of cancel culture?

27:18 The problem with being too authentic at work

31:35 How to instill psychological safety while working remote. 

36:20 Aileen and Glenda propose topics Stav should cover in his business courses.

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