{"id":59320,"date":"2025-08-07T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/alrqteq\/psychological-safety-in-teams-phil-willcox\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:45:17","slug":"psychological-safety-in-teams-phil-willcox","status":"publish","type":"product-content","link":"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/alrqteq\/psychological-safety-in-teams-phil-willcox\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Psychological Safety With Your Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emotional intelligence expert Phil Wilcox explains how to establish psychological safety in a team \u2013 and how to sustain it.<\/p><div class=\"ew-video\" data-videosource=\"embed\" data-videotranscriptkey=\"transcript-355b571b-5e6a-4c5a-b636-c02f85e2daf5.txt\"><div class=\"ew-video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/kRqklW5z-5WSyalpf.html\" title=\"Building Psychological Safety With Your Team\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/div><a class=\"ew-video-transcript\" href=\"https:\/\/nova-live-content.s3.undefined.amazonaws.com\/undefined\/transcript-355b571b-5e6a-4c5a-b636-c02f85e2daf5.txt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Download transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Takeaways: building psychological safety with your team<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Psychological safety is about empowerment. <\/strong>Individuals and groups are confident and safe to try and fail, and to share their feelings. <\/li><li><strong>Psychological safety is influenced by the leader<\/strong>. Be conscious of how you react to other people and model the behavior you want to see in the team. Create spaces for people to share and encourage honesty.<\/li><li><strong>It&#8217;s not a &#8220;one-and-done&#8221; exercise<\/strong>. It requires effort and diligence to maintain a psychologically safe team.<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"ew-note\" data-type=\"default\"><div class=\"ew-note-body\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Phil Willcox<\/h2>\n\n<p>Phil Willcox is the CEO and <u><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/emotionatwork.co.uk\/\" href=\"https:\/\/emotionatwork.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Founder of Emotion at Work<\/a><\/u> and specializes in emotional intelligence, organizational development, and leadership and management development.<\/p><p>Emotion at Work uses an evidence-based approach to improve work for everyone by placing emotion where it belongs: at the heart of work.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s Act: create a psychologically safe team<\/h2>\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s one top tip for creating psychological safety in a team, it&#8217;s this: don&#8217;t interrupt. <\/p><p>So make this <strong>commitment<\/strong> today:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Don&#8217;t speak until someone has finished what they&#8217;re saying<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><p>When you ask a question or someone is contributing, don&#8217;t say a word until they&#8217;re done. As Phil says, the fastest way to destroy psychological safety is to shut people down. So commit to letting people speak and making them feel safe.<\/p><p>Here are some more <strong>Mindtools resources on psychological safety<\/strong> for you to explore:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Article<\/strong>: <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"ahtl4sa\/how-to-create-psychological-safety\" href=\"\/ahtl4sa\/how-to-create-psychological-safety\" target=\"_blank\">How to Create Psychological Safety at Work<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Expert Interview<\/strong>: <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"a2sfubu\/the-fearless-organization\" href=\"\/a2sfubu\/the-fearless-organization\" target=\"_blank\">The Fearless Organization With Amy Edmondson<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Podcast<\/strong>: <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"arw3sau\/expert-voices-on-psychological-safety-at-work\" href=\"\/arw3sau\/expert-voices-on-psychological-safety-at-work\" target=\"_blank\">Expert Voices on Psychological Safety at Work<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Skill Bite<\/strong>: <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/skill-bites\/sxb3veuh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/skill-bites\/sxb3veuh\" target=\"_blank\">Building Trust With Your Team<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychological safety is a common goal for managers. 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