How Leaders and Leadership Collectives Can Increase Psychological Safety at Work
Psychological safety at work is needed in order to foster trust, creativity, collaboration, and innovation within and across teams, groups, and levels in an organization. Too many organizational cultures and systems prevent people from challenging the status quo, speaking about blunt truths and difficult issues, admitting that mistakes were made, offering new ideas, taking risks, or trying new approaches to challenges faced. Without sufficient psychological safety at work, individuals and teams are not leveraging their full potential. Can psychological safety be assessed and enhanced? Absolutely, if individuals and organizations create safe spaces to take interpersonal risks.
In this webinar you’ll learn:
- The importance of psychological safety at work to improve collaboration, boost performance, and implement rapid innovation
- Leadership strategies you can use to clarify boundaries, establish trust, and foster interpersonal risk taking
- Ways to balance challenge and support to achieve the sweet spot for developing your team members without overwhelming them
Speaker and Presenter Information
David Altman, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
Center for Creative Leadership
altmand@ccl.org
David Altman is Chief Operating Officer of the Center for Creative Leadership, where he oversees global P&L, Leadership Solutions/Knowledge Management, Operations, and Digital Learning.
Before his appointment as COO in 2017, David served four years as EVP/MD of CCL-EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) based in Brussels Belgium and nine years as VP/SVP/EVP of CCL’s global Research, Innovation and Product Development group. Before joining CCL, he spent 20 years working in academic medical centers (Stanford University and Wake Forest University).
Relevant Government Agencies
Office of Personnel Management, Federal Government, State & Local Government
Event Type
Webcast
When
Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
ET
Cost
Complimentary: $ 0.00
Website
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Organizer
Center for Creative Leadership