How to Guarantee Psychological Safety

A toxic boss destroys psychological safety on her team. One of her direct reports talks to his coach about how to survive. And how to keep his own team safe. Core ideas in the episode: Don’t take other people’s bad behavior personally. You are not a victim. You have choice. Document repeated bad behavior. Openly discussing mistakes without blame creates safety on a team. As the leader, be willing to admit your own mistakes. Ask people: “How do you think that went?” and “What could we do differently?” Then listen without debate or rebuttal. A free infographic supports this episode. Download it here. The episode referred to about creating strong personal relationships is: Personal Connections. Sign-up for monthly resources and tools in our monthly email. Curious about coaching for yourself or someone on your team? Let’s talk. tom@essentialcomm.com . COACHES! Want to see this year’s pricing survey results? Pop me an email at: tom@essentialcomm.com . And come join the Executive Coaching Special Interest Group. Check it out here. Get additional tools for keeping yourself and your team psychologically safe in our podcast library in these three categories: Assertiveness Leadership Managing Yourself Additional episodes to listen to are: 187 - Agreeable Disagreement 70 - Assertion Versus Aggression "75 - Don’t Take Anything Personally” 222- The Conflict Conversation 181 - Inviting Dialogue Your reviews help the show stay ad-free. Until next time, thanks! From The Look & Sound of Leadership team

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How to Guarantee Psychological Safety is an episode from The Look & Sound of Leadership by Essential Communications - Tom Henschel.

This episode is 22:44 long.

This episode was published on Oct 2, 2025.

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