Workshop: Building Psychological Safety at Work  

Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Leadership, Teaming, and Organizational Learning, coined the term Psychological Safety as "a shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking."

This workshop provides tips, guidance, and experiential practice on how to create psychological safety, to support organizational innovation, creativity, and an environment that employees are comfortable taking risks and trying new things.

Meet The Workshop Facilitator

Sarah Scala has over 20 years speaking to groups of varying sizes across all career levels. She ensures a proper understanding of your goals and the demographics of your audience.

Her high-energy, engaging, and dynamic workshops are designed to promote active participation and inclusion. Through group and partner discussions, Sarah leads an engaging and high-energy workshop that explores the importance of psychological safety in the workforce.

About This Workshop:

Costs of an unsafe workplace include: higher turnover, reduced productivity, more sick days, decreased innovation, and physical safety or death. Leaders often set the tone and context, so they have a large role in ensuring psychological safety for their teams. Psychological Safety is increasingly important to provide a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace. There's been a huge focus recently on mental health.

Key Takeaways from the “Building Psychological Safety at Work” Workshop:

Here’s what you will learn from the workshop:

• Feel safe speaking up about legitimate concerns in the workplace

• Effectively resolve most disagreements

• Respectfully intervene when witnessing inappropriate behavior

• Feel included and valued in the workplace

• Create a psychologically safe workplace culture

Schedule an Intro Call With Sarah

Sarah has over 20 years speaking with groups of varying sizes across all career levels, collaborating and customizing workshops for organizations to meet their goals. To get started planning your “building performance with optimism, resilience, and grit” workshop, contact Sarah here.

What People Are Saying…

"Sarah A. Scala, M. Ed / OD, ACC provided the audience with practical perspectives on making sure we are obtaining psychological safety for ourselves and how to advocate for others. Well done!"
- Nichelle Grant, CDE, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Siemens USA

“Today Siemens Pride and Siemens Veterans Network co-sponsored an event on the topic of “Psychological Safety at Work” with Sarah A. Scala, M. Ed / OD, ACC . It was an excellent opportunity to discuss a very important topic that does not get near the focus it deserves. Thank you to Sarah for presenting and to the wonderful DEI network at Siemens for allowing our ERG's to sponsor such events!”
- Jessica L. Everest, USA National LGBTQ+ ERG Chair.

“Sarah did a wonderful job skillfully leading a virtual workshop for VELCO on “Psychological Safety at Work.” Her knowledge and passion about this topic provoked robust engagement from the participants in meaningful discussions during the workshop – these conversations are continuing to this day. We are pleased to work with Sarah, she was meticulous in her planning and communication to help organize the workshop. This resulted in an excellent experience for our team and has been a great opportunity to strengthen our culture of safety. We look forward to working with Sarah again and highly recommend her to others.”
– Abe Fitch, Manager of Safety and Physical Security, VELCO

Iris, Americas had an informative and interactive session with Sarah A. Scala, M. Ed / OD, ACC 🏳️‍🌈 executive coach, who facilitated an excellent open dialogue on the topic of Psychological safety, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in the workplace. While the topic was inviting to discuss, Sarah brought value, personality, and real-life examples which encouraged organic participation and full engagement from my employees. I highly recommend Sarah as she is relatable to all groups of people, at all levels, as a natural educator. I can not wait to invite Sarah back for a future session with Iris.
- Mary Finch, MBA, Head of People, Americas, Iris Worldwide

“Thank you, Sarah, for an amazing Psychology Safety workshop! The workshop was highly interactive and thought provoking. Our staff of nearly 100 were very pleased. Staff learned the importance and benefit of a psychologically safe workplace culture. A psychological safe workplace is imperative for an organization such as ours to help meet our mission. Thank you for helping guide our organization, we look forward to working with you for future workshops.”
- Nathan Bailey, WIC Administrator, Marion County Public Health