The Psychological Safety Playbook – Lead More Powerfully by Being More Human

The
Psychological

Safety

Playbook
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invitation
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High-performing and thriving teams

Teams with a high degree of psychological safety are the teams with the highest performance and innovation power. They are also the most inclusive teams and the teams that people want to be part of. Leadership development experts Dr. Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman share 25 proven moves to help you increase the psychological safety in your team and to lead more powerfully by being more human. The Psychological Safety Playbook is an invitation to play—to pick one of the specific moves in the book, experiment with it, and discover what best aligns with your context and leadership style. What we know from practice: Introducing even one new move from our playbook will make a huge difference in your team culture!

Now available in English and German

The printed book, audiobook, and eBook versions of The Psychological Safety Playbook are available from your favorite online retailers.

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English Version

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What is psychological safety?

While psychological safety sounds like an academic term, it is, above all, a deeply human experience: when we can ask a naïve question, propose a wild idea, or share our emotions, knowing we will not be embarrassed or marginalized—that’s when we experience psychological safety, and we can be our best and most creative selves.

By contrast, when we don’t dare ask a question, when we hold back our true thoughts, and when we mask our emotions because we are afraid we will not be accepted, and we may well be humiliated—that’s when we experience a lack of psychological safety, and we can’t be at our best.

Minette shares a brief explanation of psychological safety in a podcast

Although there is a great deal of academic research about psychological safety, there has been a lack of actionable guidance for cultivating it. Dr. Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman developed The Psychological Safety Playbook to close this gap.

The Psychological Safety Playbook contains 25 psychological safety moves—usable, real-world skills that every leader can learn and practice. Each move has a description of why to try it with references to the supporting research and step-by-step instructions on how to do it. You can start anywhere in the playbook and pick what you are particularly interested in learning more about. Whether you are an executive, a manager, or anyone who cares about building a healthy culture in which everyone can fully contribute, you will be able to put The Psychological Safety Playbook to immediate use.