Psychological Safety Training

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When your competitors are dealing with:
- low employee retention rates;
- workers losing an average of 55 working days per year due to conflict;
- and three in five employees stating that their mental health has declined this year due to workplace stress,
your business can easily set itself apart by focusing on Psychological Safety improvements.

  1. Effective psychological safety programs like SAFE 2B deliver immediate reductions in workplace stress, while eliminating all (or nearly all) interpersonal conflicts.
  2. Noticeable improvements in mental health correspond to the length of time that an employee has been working in your emotionally-safe environment, rather than the reverse.
  3. Savings on recruitment costs alone, mean that your business could recoup your investment in training within months, while enjoying all the benefits of a workforce whose members feel the anticipation of spending their day in an environment where they are feeling valued and safe.

Psychological Safety Training for Workplaces

SAFE 2B Program

SAFE 2B is a four month program that empowers participants to identify and eliminate dangerous and harmful behaviours, patterns and attitudes in their workplace.

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  1. Enrolled employees receive weekly microlessons via an app on their phone, or at their workstation.
  2. SAFE 2B provides training on topics relevant to DEI, mental health, psychological safety, bullying-prevention and conflict resolution.
  3. Envision a culture where resources that have, traditionally, been allocated to disciplining employees and conducting investigations, can be put to better use.
Get in touch with us, today, to examine all the ways that SAFE 2B can make your workplace healthier, safer, more appealing, and more profitable.

Disrespect

Being treated in a dismissive or contemptuous manner sends the message that a person is unworthy of respect ,and can reinforce the belief that no one is taking them, their actions, or their words seriously.

If they feel powerless, there could be situations where accidents occur because they feel safer remaining silent rather than alerting others to potential hazards.

The resulting anxiety and low self-esteem can manifest as vacillation, delay, hesitation, indecisiveness, and lack of assertiveness.

When psychological safety is lacking, especially in environments where people are attacked or ridiculed for who they are or what they represent (for example, when a person is being bullied), this can impact the person’s confidence and self-image. 

The resulting anxiety and low self-esteem can manifest as vacillation, delay, hesitation, indecisiveness, and lack of assertiveness.

These factors can compromise both their safety and the safety of others.

Fight, Flight or Freeze

The human nervous system defends itself from psychological danger in the same way it defends against physical danger — by initiating a fight, flight, or freeze response.

A person’s full attention becomes focused on the perceived threat, which can lead to serious accidents.

A Ripple Effect

When a person responds to a perceived threat, the INTENSITY of their response can trigger others.

Fight and Flight responses often escalate the level of conflict.

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SAFE 2B Training significantly and permanently transforms the way that employees interact by:

Shifting Mindsets

Say goodbye to harmful behaviours that erode trust. We guide your team towards empathy, understanding, and constructive collaboration.

Boosting Engagement

Teams that feel psychologically secure are more present, passionate, and productive. Our training creates a space where every member is an active, engaged contributor.

Reducing Costs and Liabilities

By proactively addressing behaviours that cause serious accidents or lead to conflict and harassment, you're not only creating a safer workplace, but also mitigating potential legal risks.

Retention

Nurture a culture that not only retains its best people but attracts new talent, eager to be part of a respectful, reputable and progressive workplace.

Elevating Performance

When fear of judgment is lifted, creativity flourishes. We cultivate an environment that brings out the very best of every member of your team.

How Is Psychological Safety Related to Fight, Flight & Freeze?

in the absence of Psychological Safety:

Any exposure to disgust, sarcasm, blaming, shaming, criticism, dishonesty, aggression, bullying, discrimination or harassment can trigger an Amygdala Hijack.

Amygdala Hijack refers to our brain's most impactful response to physical or psychological threats.  When the Amygdala has been hijacked, brain function in the cerebral cortex becomes significantly compromised.

The profound impacts of Amygdala Hijack include:

Access to logic, reasoning, problem solving, listening and empathy is lost (or compromised).
Memory becomes corrupted.
Decreased concentration and increased likelihood of accidents.
Transference of distress to colleagues.
Retaliatory behaviour towards the perceived aggressor is common.

The effects of Amygdala Hijack ripple through your organization, causing reduced productivity, financial losses, high employee turnover, disengagement, accidents, and mental health challenges.

* When Amygdala Hijack is occurring, it means that a person is in a state of Fight, Flight or Freeze.

They will remain in this state until physical or emotional safety has been restored. As long as they remain in this state, their ability to reason; their ability to accurately construct memory of what is occuring or to accurately remember what has occured remains compromised. They are having difficulty concentrating and are more prone to accidents. They're likely to aggresively transfer their own distress onto others and make take retaliatory action against any perceived source of the emotional or physical threat that they're responding to.

The goal of SAFE 2B is to cultivate environments where Amygdala Hijacking rarely occurs, and on the rare occasions when it does , to ensure that the person who has been triggered, feels safe enough to rapidly return to an emotionally regulated (no-longer-in Fight, Flight or Freeze) state.

Tiered Training Approach

The program is delivered to three tiers of participant

Leaders

Leaders receive individualized executive coaching to support a culture of psychological safety.

Internal Trainers

Internal trainers receive extensive training to model psychologically safe behaviour and deliver online training to the rest of the workforce.

All Employees

All employees receive training through our Safe 2B App to make psychological safety a shared responsibility in the workplace.

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SAFE 2B PAYS FOR ITSELF

It is estimated that the cost of recruiting, hiring, and training a replacement  is equivalent to six months of their salary, plus additional expenses. Retaining one $70,000 employee could save a company $35,000 or more in a year.

Savings from SAFE 2B alone, could significantly offset the cost of providing SAFE 2B Training to every single employee and manager.


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Address the tensions and inter-personal stresses that have been harming your business or organisation.

Individualized Coaching

I assist members of your team achieve their fullest potential, as human beings, and as leaders through individualized coaching.

A leader who has completed the daunting process of fully integrating their own, internal conflicts and their shadow can lead from a place of compassion, integrity, unconditional acceptance and love.

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