Every organization aspires to have effective teams. Some organizations succeed, and some do not. Even within the same organization, some teams are high performing and some struggle. If you are one of the many who echo these challenges, this is the perfect session for you.

In this session, we will discuss the dynamics of effective teams based on the references of organizations such as Google and Spotify. We will also compare and contrast the dynamics of effective teams inside and outside the technology industry. For this, we will refer to the study of the dynamics of the Navy SEALs. We will then dig deep into the most critical dynamics of effective teams based on the research (code-named Project Aristotle) conducted by Google – "Psychological Safety." We will further explore psychological safety and its constituents that reveal why some teams succeed and others fail.

In the second part of the session, I will share my leadership toolkit to foster Psychological Safety. It includes but not limited to understanding what psychological safety means for the team? Why psychological safety matters for the team, or What will it enable them to do? I will also share the questionnaires and psychological safety chart to get a current knowledge of the team's psychological safety. I will then share approaches such as demonstrated engagement, understanding, being inclusive in interpersonal settings, and decision-making and showing confidence and conviction without appearing inflexible to foster physiological safety. Finally, I will share the coaching canvas for the leaders to foster psychological safety and share past results using the toolkit items with different sizes and maturity teams.

The last part of the session will be a small interactive workshop, wherein you will practice coaching to further discuss psychological safety. In pairs, you will take turns for a coach and a coachee's role-play and have interactions to foster psychological safety at your workplace. 

Every organization aspires to have effective teams. Some organizations succeed, and some do not. Even within the same organization, some teams are high performing and some struggle. If you are one of the many who echo these challenges, this is the perfect session for you.

In this session, we will discuss the dynamics of effective teams based on the references of organizations such as Google and Spotify. We will also compare and contrast the dynamics of effective teams inside and outside the technology industry. For this, we will refer to the study of the dynamics of the Navy SEALs. We will then dig deep into the most critical dynamics of effective teams based on the research (code-named Project Aristotle) conducted by Google – "Psychological Safety." We will further explore psychological safety and its constituents that reveal why some teams succeed and others fail.

In the second part of the session, I will share my leadership toolkit to foster Psychological Safety. It includes but not limited to understanding what psychological safety means for the team? Why psychological safety matters for the team, or What will it enable them to do? I will also share the questionnaires and psychological safety chart to get a current knowledge of the team's psychological safety. I will then share approaches such as demonstrated engagement, understanding, being inclusive in interpersonal settings, and decision-making and showing confidence and conviction without appearing inflexible to foster physiological safety. Finally, I will share the coaching canvas for the leaders to foster psychological safety and share past results using the toolkit items with different sizes and maturity teams.

The last part of the session will be a small interactive workshop, wherein you will practice coaching to further discuss psychological safety. In pairs, you will take turns for a coach and a coachee's role-play and have interactions to foster psychological safety at your workplace. 

Every organization aspires to have effective teams. Some organizations succeed, and some do not. Even within the same organization, some teams are high performing and some struggle.

In this session, we will discuss the dynamics of effective teams based on the references of organizations such as Google and Spotify. We will also compare and contrast the dynamics of effective teams inside and outside the technology industry. For this, we will refer to the study of the dynamics of the Navy SEALs. We will then dig deep into one of the dynamics of effective teams based on the research (code-named Project Aristotle) conducted by Google – “Psychological Safety.” We will further explore psychological safety, and its constituents that reveal why some teams succeed and others fail.

The second part of the session will be an interactive workshop, wherein we will practice the GROW coaching model to discuss further on psychological safety. Using the four steps of the GROW coaching model, we will try to establish the goal, examine the current reality, explore the possible options, and establish the will with regards to the psychological safety on your teams.

Step 1: Establish the Goal

Each participant will establish a psychological safety goal envisioning a team that they have worked with.

Step 2: Examine the Current Reality

Each participant will then identify the current state of their team with the help of a questionnaire and visually illustrate the outcomes.

Step 3: Explore the Possible Options

Each participant will identify the possible options for fostering psychological safety on their team. To aid the participants, I will share some references that include the best practices based on recent studies to foster psychological safety on a team. As we know, “one size fits all” approach does not work in case of diverse teams, the references are for the participants to help in their cognitive process.

Step 4: Examine the Will

We will wrap up the workshop with each participant identifying one small step that they plan to execute to foster psychological safety on their teams.

Every organization aspires to have effective teams. Some organizations succeed, and some do not. Even within the same organization, some teams are high performing and some struggle.

In this session, we will discuss the dynamics of effective teams based on the references of organizations such as Google and Spotify. We will also compare and contrast the dynamics of effective teams inside and outside the technology industry. For this, we will refer to the study of the dynamics of the Navy SEALs. We will then dig deep into one of the dynamics of effective teams based on the research (code-named Project Aristotle) conducted by Google – “Psychological Safety.” We will further explore psychological safety, and its constituents that reveal why some teams succeed and others fail.

The second part of the session will be an interactive workshop, wherein we will practice the GROW coaching model to discuss further on psychological safety. Using the four steps of the GROW coaching model, we will try to establish the goal, examine the current reality, explore the possible options, and establish the will with regards to the psychological safety on your teams.

Step 1: Establish the Goal

Each participant will establish a psychological safety goal envisioning a team that they have worked with.

Step 2: Examine the Current Reality

Each participant will then identify the current state of their team with the help of a questionnaire and visually illustrate the outcomes.

Step 3: Explore the Possible Options

Each participant will identify the possible options for fostering psychological safety on their team. To aid the participants, I will share some references that include the best practices based on recent studies to foster psychological safety on a team. As we know, “one size fits all” approach does not work in case of diverse teams, the references are for the participants to help in their cognitive process.

Step 4: Examine the Will

We will wrap up the workshop with each participant identifying one small step that they plan to execute to foster psychological safety on their teams.