{"id":303,"date":"2020-12-30T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectmanagementacademy.net\/resources\/?p=303"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:57:59","slug":"do-your-team-members-feel-unsafe-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectmanagementacademy.net\/resources\/blog\/do-your-team-members-feel-unsafe-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Future Leaders: Psychological Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A study by HBR.org<\/a> has indirectly found that companies with high levels of Psychological Safety have more successful leaders in the pipeline, suggesting to some experts a causal relationship between these two phenomena and leaving us wondering when we will see this change enacted on all levels within organizations as it is an important factor for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Leaders can build psychological safety by being more inclusive and encouraging participation. Leaders who are receptive to others\u2019 ideas, provide regular feedback on progress, create opportunities for growth with a positive outlook, and highlight success show the ability to build trust in themselves as well as other members of their team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the article by HBR.org, the authors highlighted three key reasons why capable people are reluctant to lead. Laziness or inertia did not make the list, but if we give the Homer Simpson who is in all of us an opportunity to take over, his influence could be a fourth contributor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three causes of reluctance which were identified are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Interpersonal risk which is the perceived or real fear of damaged relationships with our (former) peers when we are now leading them<\/li>
  • Image risk which is the fear that our peers might think badly of us for taking on a leadership role<\/li>
  • The risk of being personally blamed if the people we are leading are unable to achieve team goals<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    What was very surprising to me is that the authors never made any explicit references to psychological safety, and yet that is an effective vaccine to prevent these ailments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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