Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

February 1, 2024
Hosted by Monique Daigneault

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Episode Description

As a leader in the workplace, you are obligated to provide an environment of psychological safety for your direct reports and coworkers. But what is that? Psychological safety is a shared belief by members of a team that they will not be punished, ridiculed, or rejected for speaking up. Coworkers should be able to openly address fears, questions, concerns, beliefs, or opinions in a safe environment. It’s a culture that starts with the manager modeling certain behaviors and encouraging them across the team. Many managers don’t have time to think about this, however, the psychological health of the team plays heavily into things like retention, motivation, productivity, and even sick leave. If you want to go above and beyond as a manager, then start paying attention to this critical component of leadership. In this episode your host, Monique, will help you understand the components of psychological safety, how to instill them, and how to measure them. Using an interesting case study you’ll find out how her client turned her flailing team around and dramatically increased the scores on her people engagement survey. You won’t want to miss this informative episode and the chance to learn the strategy that Monique used!

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Challenges in the workplace and within teams is only increasing as companies struggle to transition to a post-COVID 19 remote work situation. These unstable times have stretched companies and their leaders beyond their capacity, and they do not know how to maintain a balance of authority, empathy, compassion, and assertiveness toward their coworkers, much less continue their own career trajectory. Leading with Intention offers support, encouragement, and tools to help corporate leaders address their personal shortcomings and emerge from these unprecedented times as well-rounded, self-assured leaders. The show focuses on execution - helping leaders learn how to improve soft skills, leadership competencies, and work-life balance. Most importantly, how to ensure that their organization is in alignment from the top down, including leaders and their direct reports.

Monique Daigneault

Monique Daigneault is the President and CEO of MD Consulting. She has been a trained executive coach since 2003 and, as an Accredited Master Coach, has logged over 3,000 coaching hours with corporate executives on six continents, in over 15 industries. Monique helps clients set goals, pinpoint the root cause of business problems, explore solutions, address workplace dysfunction, and implement sustainable and measurable changes. She helps clients unpack how their conscious and unconscious behavior impacts their leadership abilities. The outcome of her process gives them more acute insights about their workplace relationships and the ability to drive bigger change throughout the organization. By engaging in her proprietary process, Monique’s clients also build business agility, resilience, and influence. Monique is a survivor of childhood trauma, workplace micro-trauma, and has Complex PTSD. Despite that she has achieved seven business certifications, an Associate and Bachelor of Science in Management, and a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is a contributing author of two self-published books, as well as the author of her newest leadership book which she is currently pitching to publishers. Monique has leveraged her traumatic past and made it her mission to shift behavior in the workplace and empower leaders to be more impactful and influential.

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