{"id":980,"date":"2024-09-09T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2024-10-07T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T21:08:03","slug":"psychological-safety-and-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/psychological-safety-and-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Safety And Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Take a moment and think about the last time you had a meeting with your team members. Was everyone engaged and encouraged to share their ideas? When someone did speak up, was everyone listening or were they distracted by their phones? Were new ideas or questions met with interest and enthusiasm or was there a bit of laughing and a \u201cthat will never work\u201d kind of attitude? As we go through our daily routine, we may not think about how the workplace environment is shaping the attitudes and perceptions of team members. But there\u2019s an important component of workplace motivation and engagement that shouldn\u2019t be ignored: psychological safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What exactly is psychological safety? It\u2019s the belief that people feel safe in admitting they don\u2019t know something or can disagree with an opinion without the risk of being thought less of, penalized, retaliated against or considered not a team player. It\u2019s feeling comfortable taking risks and expressing work-related thoughts and feelings. Psychological safety plays a vital role in decision making, healthy interpersonal relationships, greater innovation and more effective execution within organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big question on leaders\u2019 minds is, \u201cHow do I know if my team has psychological safety?\u201d The answers to these 7 simple statements, developed by Amy Edmondston, Harvard Business School professor and author of The Fearless Organization<\/em>, can give you a sense of the degree to which employees feel psychologically safe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n