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Sep 2020
25m 44s

Psychological Safety

Essential Communications - Tom Henschel
About this episode

This month’s coaching conversation explores how leaders can foster psychological safety. Teams high in both safety and accountability enter a “Learning Zone” where high performance follows naturally.

In this month’s conversation, Tom and his client mentioned “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande. His proposition is a great formula for creating psychological safety.

Related episodes are:
Agreeable Disagreement

Assertion versus Aggression

“Don’t Take Anything Personally”

Inviting Dialogue

The Conflict Conversation


In the archive, this Tip is tagged in three categories
Assertiveness

Leadership

Managing Yourself


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