The importance of leadership development in fostering psychological safety
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The primary catalyst for psychological safety within a team is a positive team climate, which is most effectively cultivated when leaders exhibit supportive and consultative behaviors before gradually introducing challenges to their teams.
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Under consultative leadership, which impacts psychological safety both directly and indirectly, leaders engage their team members through consultation, seeking their input and considering their perspectives on matters that impact them. Supportive leadership, while indirectly influencing psychological safety, plays a crucial role in fostering a positive team climate. This approach entails leaders demonstrating care and support for team members, recognizing them not only as employees but also as individuals. These behaviors also serve to promote mutual support among team members.
The significance of fostering leadership development across all hierarchical levels
Research from McKinsey indicates that allocating resources to leadership development throughout an organization, encompassing all leadership roles, proves to be a successful strategy for nurturing a blend of leadership behaviors that bolster psychological safety. Employees within organizations that heavily invest in leadership development are more inclined to observe frequent demonstrations of consultative, supportive, and challenging leadership behaviors by their team leaders. Additionally, they are 64 percent more inclined to perceive senior leaders as being more inclusive.
Developing leaders at the highest levels is just as crucial
According to the data, fostering psychological safety at scale begins with companies’ most senior leaders developing and embodying the leadership behaviors they want to see across the organization. Many of the same skills that promote positive team-leader behaviors can also be developed among senior leaders to promote inclusiveness. For example, open-dialogue skills and development of social relationships within teams are also important skill sets for senior leaders.
In addition, several skills are more important at the very top of the organization. Situational and cultural awareness, or understanding how beliefs can be developed based on selective observations and the norms in different cultures, are both linked with senior leaders’ inclusiveness.
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