Teams progress through four successive stages of psychological safety as they satisfy basic human needs. These are fundamental human needs that exist across demographics, psychographics, nations, and cultures.
Creating a culture of psychological safety in your organization requires a shared understanding about what psychological safety is, what it isn’t, what it does, and how it works. Here are the solutions that will help your teams catch the vision:
Choose from over 20 webinars we've recorded live with Timothy R. Clark including our latest webinar "The Ladder of Vulnerability: Creating a culture of rewarded vulnerability".
The 4 Stages Online Course, led by Dr. Timothy R. Clark, is a 70-minute on-demand course. Cut straight to the heart of psychological safety and create a personalized 30-day action plan.
Deep dive into understanding and practicing psychological safety. This half-day workshop is perfect for managers and individual contributors at all levels..
You can’t improve your workplace culture until you know where you are. High levels of psychological safety or areas of rewarded vulnerability (blue zones) bring out the best in individuals and teams. Low levels of psychological safety or punished vulnerability (red zones) reduces productivity, suffocates innovation, and kills culture. Once your team catches the vision, determine the existing levels of psychological safety in your organization using:
Measure individual teams or entire departments levels of psychological safety. Compare your team's scores internally across demographics and across each of The 4 Stages.
Approach cultural change by design through data-driven action plans that help individuals learn behaviors to reward vulnerability. Psychological safety is perishable, not permanent. It’s delicate and dynamic. It requires consistent measurable effort to maintain a healthy company culture. Foster a culture of rewarded vulnerability across your teams using:
Cultures of rewarded vulnerability are cultures with high psychological safety. To improve psychological safety in your organization is to model acts of vulnerability yourself and reward the vulnerable acts of others. The 4 Stages Team Roadmap will help organizations uncover team members’ areas of greatest vulnerability and then help individuals reward that vulnerability through data-driven action plans.
Join our global community of like-minded professionals engaged in creating inclusive cultures and high-performing teams. All certified trainers receive access to LeaderFactor technology, facilitator materials, and the certified trainer community. Use The 4 Stages™ as a roadmap to help individuals and organizations to learn, measure, and improve psychological safety.