HR pros can cultivate a psychologically safe work environment by encouraging employees to ask for help, listen with curiosity and respectfully challenge one another, McLean said.
- Organizations are increasingly expected to provide a holistic approach to employee well-being, with psychological safety as an integral component, McLean & Co. emphasized in a May 3 report.
- A psychologically safe work environment builds on three pillars, the report said: preventing harm, which involves ensuring that employees feel protected from physical, emotional and psychological harm; promoting health, where employees feel physically, emotionally and psychologically healthy; and resolving incidents and concerns in a responsible manner.
- “Psychological safety is not a checklist item or quick fix,” Grace Ewles, McLean’s manager of HR Research & Advisory Services, stated in a media release announcing the report. “Rather, it is an ongoing effort that requires commitment from key stakeholders and strong alignment between the organization’s norms, leadership and day-to-day processes,” Ewles said.Courtesy:HR Dive