This video explores team psychological safety, what it is, why it is important and how to build it.

Do I get adequate training, supervision or direction in my work? Am I provided with the time and resources that I need to do my job? Do I feel adequately supported in my role or with my life balance? Just a few of the questions to ask regarding whether workers get adequate support.It can be that my job is really controlled mechanically or by technology or that I have a micromanaging boss or that I deal directly with people who can be unpredictable so I don’t feel in control. There are lots of ways that that can happen.

A key ingredient in employee engagement and high performing teams is trust which can only happen if there is authenticity at all levels of an organisation. That is also part of our Better Workplace Projects.

Brene Brown is a world leading authority on vulnerability and the underpinning power of having a sense of love and belonging to having a belief of self-worth. She talks about having the courage to be imperfect while practising self compassion and having connection that empowers authenticity, an essential quality for great leaders.