Psychological Safety Indexing for teams
Have your efforts to establish a positive working culture within your organization yielded less than satisfying results?
It seems that your team has become stagnant, and despite your best endeavors, your team members aren’t forming the cohesive bonds you anticipated. This might stem from excessive tension or individuals refraining from fully engaging due to the fear of errors or the apprehension of facing criticism. Constructing a psychologically safe atmosphere where everyone feels at ease to take risks and express their thoughts is undeniably challenging, but it’s crucial because a sense of safety is a cornerstone for fostering creativity, well-being, and effectiveness.
What is Psychological Safety?
Psychological safety is the feeling of being able to speak up, take risks, and be creative without fear of negative consequences from others. It was first coined by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard professor who studied how teams learn and innovate.
Psychological safety is vital for teams because it boosts their performance, learning, innovation, and diversity. Studies show that psychological safety is one of the main factors that make teams successful and productive. Teams with high psychological safety are more likely to share ideas, give feedback, admit mistakes, and support each other.
Psychological safety can be created in teams by building a culture of trust, respect, and openness. Some ways to do this are:
- Encouraging everyone to participate and contribute
- Listening actively and empathetically
- Expressing appreciation and recognition
- Asking for and offering feedback
- Acknowledging and learning from failures
- Supporting and challenging each other
- Celebrating successes and diversity
Fearless Organization Scan
Harvard research shows that organisations with a higher level of psychological safety perform better on almost every key performance indicator.
TrygTeams uses the Fearless Organisation Scan to measure how individuals perceive the psychological safety in their team. This innovative tool was developed by The Fearless Organisation in collaboration with Amy Edmondson.
This establishes the current benchmark for a team, highlights key developmental areas and offers an initial framework for transformative conversations.
It measures the four domains on the right:
Becoming a Fearless Organization
TrygTeams has a simple and affordable three-factor approach to improving your team’s psychological safety
- Measurement
- Teaming
- Leader skill development
Step 1
Measurement
At the core of the TrygTeams approach is the innovative Fearless Organization Survey. It is like an X-ray for team dynamics, identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement, and paving the way for targeted growth.
TrygTeams meets with your team for a quick introduction about Psychological Safety, then invites everyone to participate in the online Fearless Organization Scan Assessment. It’s simple, takes only 3-minutes, and 100% anonymous.
It’s also backed by 30 years of Harvard-designed team research.
Step 2
Teaming
Through one efficient team workshop, the experienced facilitator walks your team through a structured process designed to enhance team performance.
By discussing survey results and insights, we identify a team’s strengths and areas for improvement. The process fosters open dialogue about psychological safety, team dynamics, and risk-taking.
Finally, we collaboratively set actionable goals and strategies, empowering members to add to a culture where respect, equality, and innovation thrive.
Step 3
Leading
Research shows how leaders play a critical role in establishing and nurturing psychological safety within a team. Their behaviors and actions directly influence how team members feel about expressing themselves, taking
risks, and making contributions.
TrygTeams provides the crucial training, challenge, and support to leadership through the engaging Leader’s Toolkit Workshop and 6 targeted skill
coaching sessions.