The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety (11643) – half-day – English/Virtual

Course Description

When psychological safety is present, people bring their full selves to work. They take smart risks, ask hard questions, challenge assumptions, and collaborate with candour. The result is not just a healthier culture — it is a measurable competitive advantage.

Google’s landmark Project Aristotle research identified psychological safety as the single most important factor in high-performing teams. Yet most leaders don’t know how to build it — or even where to start. Timothy Clark’s four-stage model gives us a clear, evidence-based roadmap that moves psychological safety from a vague aspiration to a practical, achievable goal.

Leaders and teams that learn to measure and operationalize psychological safety principles experience exponential improvements in team performance, innovation, and inclusion. Join us in exploring how you can implement psychologically safe practices in your workplace and with your team.

Course Duration

1 half-day:  from 9.00 AM to 12.00 PM Eastern Time

Course Format

Live – Virtual – English

Target Audience

Leaders and managers seeking to build a culture of intellectual bravery. Employees and teams seeking better, more fluid collaboration.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Examine the factors that impact the well-being of employees in the workplace
• Assess their organization’s psychological safety
• Identify and remove personal and organizational factors that trigger the self-censoring instinct and shut down learning and performance
• Transform their team’s capacity to execute and innovate based on inclusion, learning agility, and high psychological safety

Modules

This workshop will guide you through the 4 stages of psychological safety by answering the following questions:

• Inclusion Safety: How do you make others feel included?
• Learner Safety: How do you make others feel safe & motivated to learn?
• Contributor Safety: How do you make others feel safe enough to contribute?
• Challenger Safety: How do you make others feel safe enough to innovate?

It also explores a behavioural guide to identify the areas that need work and focus in order to create an environment where everybody thrives.

Course Instructor

Madalena Coutinho is a Senior Leadership Consultant, Certified Facilitator, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the Leadership Development and Interpersonal Core Skills Practice with a focus on five key leadership competencies: change management, leadership and teamwork, corporate culture, growth & innovation, and merger integration. With more than 30 years as a learning and development professional and professional facilitator, she successfully coaches individuals and teams to achieve extraordinary results in their personal and professional lives and has received various forms of formal recognition as an innovative and inspiring leader.

Questions

To find out more, please contact info@intersol.ca