How to build psychological safety at work

While discussion around mental health is becoming far more open and less taboo, poor mental health costs the Australian economy $17 billion per year. So, there’s an increasing need for businesses to provide not only a physically safe environment but a psychologically safe one. Liz Ralph is a Learning Manager at Lysander, an award-winning consultancy firm that support businesses in leadership development and cultural transformation. She explains that workplaces can be audited for both beneficial and poor psychological conditions and then guided to create a strong and psychologically safe workplace, for staff to thrive.