Amy Edmondson

Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises contributing to the betterment of society. She is the author of 7 books and over 60 scholarly papers. Her research examines psychological safety and teaming within and between organizations. Learn more about Building Psychological Safety: A Leader's Toolkit, the leadership development guidebook authored by Amy Edmondson.

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Building Psychological Safety: A Leader’s Toolkit

For organizations to flourish in a volatile, unstable, chaotic and ambiguous world, it’s not enough to hire skilled competent people. Knowledge workers (and we’re all knowledge workers now) need to feel secure in sharing insights or concerns without being too worried about being judged or ignored by their colleagues or bosses. High-performance, innovation, and ingenuity thrive in workplaces with high psychological safety.

When employees know that their input is valued, it creates new possibilities for authentic engagement and stellar performance.

This session invites you to:

understand that psychological safety is a must have, not a perk;
discover the approaches of leaders skilled in creating psychological safety;
consider how to weave these approaches into your own leadership practice.