Psychological Safety (Leader Slides)
Purpose
Facilitate leader awareness of their role in creating psychological safety
How to Use
Leader-facing. 1. Leaders learn to model safety: acknowledge their own fallibility, actively invite input, and respond non-defensively to challenge. 2. Introduce the four quadrant model: Comfort Zone, Anxiety Zone, Apathy Zone, Learning Zone. 3. Leaders complete a diagnostic of their team's current safety level. 4. Leaders select 2-3 specific behavioural changes to shift toward the Learning Zone. 5. Practice responding non-defensively to challenging scenarios in pairs.
Created by Amy Edmondson (theory); Barbara Toth (facilitation)
When to Use
This tool is suited to the following coaching and facilitation contexts:
| Context | Relevant |
|---|---|
| Individual Coaching | |
| Team Coaching | |
| Leadership Development | |
| Facilitation / Workshop | |
| Online / Virtual |