Cultivating Psychological Safety to Empower Your Team's Success

Leaders directly shape whether their teams feel safe to contribute, challenge and innovate. Without psychological safety, teams withhold ideas, bury mistakes and avoid healthy debate, all of which erode trust, slow progress and limit performance. This can happen even with the best of intentions, as leaders may unintentionally shut down dialogue or reinforce fear.

Psychological safety is not about lowering standards or avoiding conflict. It’s about creating an environment where people feel confident to take risks, such as asking questions, raising mistakes or offering new ideas, without fear of negative consequences. Teams with strong psychological safety solve problems faster, adapt to change more effectively and deliver stronger results.<

In this interactive program leaders will:

• Define psychological safety and debunk common myths
• Recognize the signs of low and high psychological safety on your team
• Learn steps to manage your own stress and stay calm under pressure
• Explore practical strategies for strengthening psychological safety through the SCARF (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness) model 

Presenter: Kim Meninger, Leadership Coach, Consultant & Speaker, WBENC Women's Business Enterprise

Location: Live Online

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026

Cost: Member Price - $155.00; Standard Price - $235.00