What is psychological safety?
Psychological safety, also known as social safety, means that employees feel safe to share their ideas, mistakes, and questions without fear of negative consequences.
This promotes open communication, innovation and collaboration within teams. It ensures that everyone feels heard and is free to contribute to the growth of the organization.
Why is psychological important?
Psychological safety is crucial because it promotes open communication and collaboration. Employees dare to share their ideas and mistakes without fear, leading to greater innovation, better performance and stronger team dynamics.
It ensures that everyone feels heard and supported, but also reduces turnover and absenteeism in teams.
Improving psychological safety
You can improve psychological safety by:
Normalize errors
Encourage learning from mistakes rather than punishing.
Stimulating open communication
Make sure everyone dares to share their ideas and concerns.
Request Feedback
Show that all perspectives are welcome.
Provide support
Respond to questions and suggestions with understanding, without judgment.
Can I measure psychological safety?
Yes, psychological safety can be measured, for example via surveys or data analysis with tools such as Deepler.
This provides insight into how safe employees feel to share their ideas and concerns. The advantage is that this allows you to make targeted improvements, so that the good conversation can be had concretely.
