Leadership, clarified.

Leadership, clarified.

Transforming your organization by building psychological safety

February 2022

Hello!
 
This month I completed an important professional goal -- becoming a certified practitioner of The Fearless Organization Scan. It feels good to have accomplished something so early in the year, and it has been even more rewarding to see the positive impact this tool is already having for clients. Throughout my career, I have seen the ways organizational culture affects business outcomes, team performance, and individual advancement.

Psychological safety is at the heart of culture as well as innovation, learning, and inclusion. For more on how The Fearless Organization Scan can help organizations build deeper psychological safety, please check out my newest article which includes a brief case study of two teams with very different needs at the same client.
 
Thanks for reading. 
~Jill

What caught my attention this month

With my attention on psychological safety as I completed my certification in The Fearless Organization Scan, I couldn't help but read everything that came my way on the topic! Here are a few articles that I think you might find useful.

'Not All Fun and Games and Ice Cream' - Amy Edmondson and Doug Conant on How to Harness the Power of Psychological Safety - ConantLeadershipThis fall, ConantLeadership hosted our second bi-annual BLUEPRINT Leadership Summit, a free meeting of the top leadership minds and luminaries in the business space.

Psychological Safety in Theory and In PracticeMORRA AARONS-MELE: I'm Morra Aarons-Mele, and this is The Anxious Achiever. We look at stories from business leaders who've dealt with anxiety, depression or other mental health challenges, how they felt down, how they pick themselves up and how they hope work can change in the future.

Try this science-backed powerful leadership strategy to bring people togetherActive inquiry breeds neural synchrony and interpersonal harmonization. It gives people the space to slow down, reflect on pesky problems, and construct novel solutions.

Radical Candor In 6 Minutes With Kim ScottRadical Candor author and co-founder breaks down the principles of Radical Candor is six minutes.Radical Candor™ is Caring Personally while Challenging Direc...

Recent articles from Leadership Refinery

Psychological Safety - A Tale of Two TeamsWhat does it take to build trust in an organization and why does it matter? And, how can you understand the levels of trust within teams to strengthen it?

Naming and taming your inner criticPart 1: Coaching Your Inner Critic Series For the last several years, I have been coaching women on mastering their inner critic through Linkage at their Women in Leadership institute and with my clients. Plus, in my work on emotional intelligence, I have found that building EQ capabilities also keeps that little voice in check.

Where you can find me this spring

 
"From non-profit to private equity to publicly traded, company culture matters, and research shows the strong link between culture and organizational performance. In a constantly changing business environment, companies are purposefully taking action to manage culture."
 
Join Holly Whitcomb and me at HR Tomorrow on April 22. We'll be presenting on psychological safety.

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