#SAFETY MOMENTS FOR WORKING FROM HOME DRIVER#

Psychological safety - the belief that one can speak up without risk of punishment or humiliation - has been well established as a critical driver of high-quality decision making, healthy group dynamics and interpersonal relationships, greater innovation, and more effective execution in organizations. How New Forms of Work Affect Psychological Safety As suggested by the above quotes, sorting out future work arrangements, and attending to employees’ inevitable anxieties about those arrangements, will require managers to rethink and expand one of strongest proven predictors of team effectiveness: Psychological safety. But a far less visible factor may dramatically influence the effectiveness of hybrid workplaces. Since the pandemic changed the landscape of work, much attention has been given to the more visible aspects of WFH, including the challenges of managing people from a distance (including reduced trust and new power dynamics). Comments made in a virtual team coffee chat We are seeing more people in the office these days, and it’s really nice to have more people around.” “We miss having you here with us in the office. Executive at a global food brand, shared privately I guess some people seem to feel comfortable with that, but I’m not I have a young family at home and we have been very careful. Now they are organizing a team meeting with 15 people. “Our office policy is that people should come into the office once per week.

Safety moments for working from home