How to Guarantee Psychological Safety
From The Look & Sound of Leadership by Essential Communications - Tom Henschel
October 2, 2025 · 23 min · Episode 260
About this episode
The episode discusses how to maintain psychological safety in a team despite toxic leadership.
A toxic boss destroys psychological safety on her team. One of her direct reports talks to his coach about how to survive. And how to keep his own team safe. Core ideas in the episode: Don’t take other people’s bad behavior personally.You are not a victim. You have choice.Document repeated bad behavior.Openly discussing mistakes without blame creates safety on a team.As the leader, be willing to admit your own mistakes.Ask people: “How do you think that went?” and “What could we do di...
People in this episode
Host: Tom Henschel
Topics covered
- psychological safety
- leadership
- team dynamics
- communication
- mistakes
- toxic work environment
Keywords
- psychological safety
- toxic boss
- team safety
- leadership mistakes
- communication
- bad behavior
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