Training Outline

Why this training matters

In today’s workplace, performance and wellbeing go hand in hand but both depend on trust.

• Only 35% of UK employees strongly agree that they can speak up without fear of negative consequences.¹
• A lack of psychological safety leads to missed ideas, unresolved conflict, disengagement, and avoidable stress.
• When psychological safety is present, teams are more likely to collaborate, innovate, and thrive — even in uncertainty.
  

This short, high-impact session equips attendees with the awareness and mindset to start building trust where it matters most in everyday interactions.

Who is the session for?

This session is ideal for line managers and team leaders, those with the greatest day-to-day influence on trust, communication and team culture.

This short and practical session helps them to understand how their everyday actions affect team trust, collaboration and wellbeing — and what they can do to create a safer, more open workplace

Looking to raise awareness across your whole organisation?
We recognise the part that all employees play in psychological safety. This session can also be delivered to a wider employee groups as part of wellbeing, inclusion or cultural change initiatives helping to build a shared language and collective responsibility for psychological safety.

No prior knowledge required — this session is accessible, thought-provoking, and packed with real-world relevance.

What will this session cover?

What is psychological safety?

Understand what it means (and what it doesn’t), and why it’s essential for performance, innovation, and wellbeing.

The Impact of Low Safety

Explore common myths, challenges, and the real consequences when psychological safety is missing.

Key Stats and Insights

Bring the case to life with practical examples and current UK data to help spark discussion.

Everyday Behaviours That Matter

Recognise how leadership habits — even small ones — can build or break team safety and trust.

Make it Real

Each participant will choose one practical action to take forward immediately — making psychological safety part of how they lead, not just something they talk about.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Define psychological safety and explain why it matters for team trust, wellbeing, and innovation
• Identify common myths and challenges that get in the way of psychological safety
• Explore real-world data and consequences of low psychological safety
• Recognise everyday leadership behaviours that build or undermine safety
• Commit to one meaningful action to foster a more open, trusting team culture

Benefits of the session

For attendees:

• Gain clarity on what psychological safety really means
• Feel more confident talking about trust, feedback and team culture
• Take away a tangible next step to start making change immediately

For the organisation:

• Spark a culture of openness, inclusion and accountability
• Lay the foundation for more advanced leadership development
• Boost engagement, retention and innovation by addressing the trust gap