45. Amy C. Edmondson on Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace

A work environment that stifles ideas and inhibits people from asking for help or sharing problems is a symptom of fear-based leadership.

 

Psychological safety, on the other hand, is a sense of permission for candor at work.

 

In this episode, I interview Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School and author of The Fearless Organization.

What we talked about:

• What a psychologically safe workplace looks like
• Examples of fear-based leadership versus asking good questions
• How to create a climate of psychological safety
• Emotional intelligence helps leaders promote psychological safety

 

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
• What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team

 

Check out the full podcast with Amy C. Edmondson by clicking here.

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