NSKL Workshop - Leading with the 5Cs of Psychological Safety

Have you ever been in a work environment where you weren’t  comfortable being your true authentic self? Where asking questions,  raising problems, or disagreeing with people wasn’t welcome? Where you  kept things to yourself in fear of what people might think, say, or do?  These are all signs that you did not feel psychologically safe. And when  you don’t feel psychologically safe, it becomes very difficult for you  to do your best work, to learn, to solve problems, to be innovative, and  to be fully engaged. 

As Kind Leaders, we need to make sure that our organization has a system to ensure that everyone, at all levels, feels emotionally and psychologically safe. Caring for people’s  mental health is the basis of psychological safety, which is the  prerequisite for learning, growth, innovation, and improvement. Unless  people feel psychologically safe, they won't be unable to do their best  work, solve problems, innovate…