This half-day course explores the critical role of psychological safety in fostering high-performance teams, driving innovation, and ensuring staff retention. Participants will learn to identify symptoms of unsafe environments, apply evidence-based frameworks including Amy Edmondson's stages, and develop practical strategies to build a culture where vulnerability and constructive conflict are welcomed. The course balances deep theoretical understanding with rigorous practical application through role-plays, simulations, and peer feedback.
What if your team could speak up without fear?
What if ideas flowed freely, mistakes became learning, and trust was the foundation?
That’s psychological safety — and it’s the secret engine behind high-performing teams.
Our Psychological Safety course gives you the tools to build it. You’ll learn to spot the hidden signs of fear and silence, apply proven frameworks like Amy Edmondson’s stages, and create a culture where vulnerability drives innovation — not risk.
This isn’t theory. It’s practical, immediate change you can use from day one.
Available as an open course, closed group session, or one-to-one coaching. Counts towards three CPD hours.
To find out more, contact us at lets talk at e q v dot co dot uk.
Counts towards 3 CPD HoursHalf DayAM/PMOpen Public & Closed Group
Please reflect on one or more of the questions below and come prepared to discuss your responses during the session.
Self-Assessment: On a scale of 1–10, how would you rate your current skill level in this subject? What factors influenced your rating?
Development Focus: Identify one specific behaviour, skill, or capability you would like to improve or develop further.
Relevant Examples: If possible, bring one or two relevant examples or scenarios from your experience that you would be willing to share with the group.
What You Will Learn
Define psychological safety and distinguish it clearly from comfort, agreement, or low standards
Analyse the historical research and the hard business case for psychological safety using the Google Aristotle Project
Identify specific symptoms and consequences of low psychological safety across diverse team dynamics
Apply Amy Edmondson's four stages of psychological safety to diagnose current team maturity
Demonstrate practical techniques to foster inclusion safety for junior staff and remote workers
Practice peer-to-peer and manager-to-employee constructive conflict resolution safely
Evaluate ongoing team safety through self-reflection, peer feedback, and behavioural metrics
Develop a personal and team action plan to sustain safety cultures long-term
Your Post-Course Challenge
Within 30 days, hold one 'failure share' session with your team.
Practice the 'Pause Technique' in every meeting this week.
Create a custom 'Safety Scorecard' with your team and review it monthly.
Counts Towards 3 CPD Hours
This course contributes 3 hours of Continuing Professional Development. Delegates can log these hours as evidence of structured learning for professional bodies and employers.
This course is designed for professionals at any level who want to understand and strengthen the interpersonal dynamics that drive team effectiveness. Whether you lead a team, collaborate across departments, or support organisational culture, you will gain insights into creating environments where people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and learn from mistakes.
This course is ideal for:
Team leaders seeking to build trust and openness within their teams
Managers aiming to improve employee engagement and retention through safer workplace interactions
HR professionals looking to embed psychological safety into organisational practices and policies
Project managers who need to foster honest communication and constructive feedback in cross-functional groups
Senior leaders committed to driving innovation by enabling diverse voices to be heard
Individual contributors who want to contribute more confidently and support psychological safety in their peer networks
No prior experience needed
No prior knowledge of psychological safety or leadership theory is required to benefit from this course. It is accessible to all experience levels, from emerging talent to seasoned executives, and is designed to meet participants where they are in their professional development.
What you will take away
You will leave with a clear understanding of how psychological safety impacts team performance and practical approaches to assess and improve it in your own context. You will also develop a personalised plan to foster greater openness, accountability, and learning in your team or organisation over time.
For Groups & Teams
We can deliver this training session in several ways to suit your organisation’s needs:
Open Public Course
Join delegates from other organisations on a scheduled date
Closed Group
Exclusively for your team, using your real scenarios
In Person
Face-to-face at your premises or a venue of your choice
Virtual
Live, interactive online delivery via Teams or Zoom
One-to-One Coaching
Personalised sessions tailored entirely to you
Have two or more people to train?
You may want to consider a closed group course. Benefits include:
Cost effective for teams
Choose a date to suit you
Customise content and timings
No minimum delegate numbers
Uses your real-world scenarios
Builds shared language in your team
Contact us on [email protected] to discuss specific dates and delivery requirements.
How Our Tutor-Led Courses Are Delivered
Before the day
Delegates are given pre-work to complete before attending. This ensures everyone arrives with relevant context and real scenarios from their own experience, so learning is immediately relevant and actionable from the first minute.
On the day
Our sessions are participative and highly interactive. We don’t do “death by PowerPoint” — instead, the day includes a variety of engaging activities throughout:
Real-world casework using your scenarios
Practical hands-on exercises
Real Play (not role play) simulations
Peer learning and group discussion
Case studies and scenario work
Facilitated discussion and structured reflection
What you leave with
Participants leave with:
Practical tools — frameworks and models you can use straight away
Clear action plans — specific next steps tailored to your role
Greater confidence — built through intensive, realistic practice
Skills you can apply immediately — not theory, but techniques tested during the day
After the day
Post-session measurements and a 30-day challenge ensure that learning is embedded and behaviour change is sustained.
Key Features
Course Duration is 1/2 Day
Engaging tutor led event
Comprehensive course materials
Certificates of attendance
Access to Customer Portal (course bookers)
Course Guarantee
Priced per delegate per day for open public course
£449.00 Plus VAT
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Payment available via all major credit cards or Invoice. All options available during the online booking process.
