Trust, Psychological Safety and Values - What's Missing?

About this episode

Amrit explores the importance of trust and psychological safety in organizations and what is missing in creating aligned cultures.

Organisations work hard to create inclusive environments, where people feel they can express and be themselves. Trust is more important now with so many people working from home, yet managers still walk a tightrope with trust. Then we have all the work organisations do on Values - identifying the right ones, making sure people understand them, and then articulating the behaviours that truly express them for the organisation. Despite all this work, why do scandals such as the Dr who sexually harassed his junior colleagues, or the McDonald's managers who abused their employees, some as young as 17 years old still occur? Remember Starbucks closing all 8000 stores across the U.S. to undertake racial bias training? Something is missing. Join Amrit in this week's podcast to explore what more organisations can do to create safe, trusting and aligned cultures that allow everyone to understand the identity of an organisation and how it operates.

People in this episode

Host: Amrit Sandhar

Topics covered

• trust
• psychological safety
• organizational values
• inclusive environments
• work culture
• employee well-being

Keywords

• trust
• psychological safety
• organizational values
• inclusive culture
• employee trust
• workplace scandals
• cultural alignment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Starbucks, McDonald's, Dr

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