105. The Leadership Behaviours That Shape Psychological Safety Ft. Preetie Boler

About this episode

The episode discusses how leadership behaviours impact psychological safety in the workplace.

Psychological safety is often spoken about as something we want to create, but it is shaped by the everyday behaviours people experience from those holding power. A leader can value inclusion, care deeply about equity and still behave in ways that make others feel cautious, unseen or unsure whether it is safe to speak, challenge, contribute or disagree. In this episode, I’m joined by Preetie Boler, leadership behaviour strategist, facilitator, founder of Empowered by Design and author of Shif...

People in this episode

Host: Annie Gichuru

Guest: Preetie Boler

Topics covered

• leadership
• psychological safety
• inclusion
• equity
• behavioural strategies

Keywords

• psychological safety
• leadership behaviours
• inclusion
• equity
• workplace culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Empowered by Design

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