Psychological Safety (Team Slides)

In Short

Team-level workshop on building psychological safety together
Best for: Psych safety team facilitation deck
Psychological Safety (Team Slides) is a structured tool for coaching and facilitation. Team-level workshop on building psychological safety together. It provides a repeatable framework that can be adapted to individual, team, and leadership development contexts.
Type of tool: Psych safety team facilitation deck
Expected outcomes:
- Improved ability to team-level workshop on building psychological safety together
- A concrete action or development plan to take forward from the Psychological Safety (Team Slides) process

In Detail

Psychological Safety (Team Slides) is a professional development resource designed to help coaches, leaders, and facilitators team-level workshop on building psychological safety together. It sits within the category of Psych safety team facilitation deck, making it particularly useful for practitioners working on capability development, team performance, and individual growth in organisational settings.

In practice, Psychological Safety (Team Slides) is delivered as a 5-step process. The process begins by introduce psychological safety as a team concept. The session closes by teams nominate a 'safety keeper' to call out breaches of agreement. The structured approach ensures that participants move through a consistent experience while leaving room for the facilitator to adapt pacing and depth to the group's needs.

Psychological Safety (Team Slides) is most valuable when practitioners need a reliable, repeatable approach that can be adapted to different contexts without losing its core structure. It bridges the gap between conceptual understanding and practical application, making it a durable addition to any coaching or facilitation toolkit.

How to Use

Team-facing. 1. Introduce psychological safety as a team concept. 2. Team completes the safety survey. 3. Teams identify their norms that support or undermine safety. 4. Teams co-design 3-5 team agreements for how they will behave to build safety. 5. Teams nominate a 'safety keeper' to call out breaches of agreement.

Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Directly addresses the challenge of team-level workshop on building psychological safety together through a structured, repeatable approach Adaptable to different seniority levels, team sizes, and organisational contexts Generates actionable insight that participants can apply immediately in their work	Effectiveness varies based on the facilitator's skill level and familiarity with the tool Requires adequate time for both the exercise and a meaningful debrief to realise full value May not be appropriate for all cultural contexts without adaptation

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

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