How to create psychological safety in the workplace?

The major reasons for employees feeling psychologically unsafe at work include mental health issues, unaddressed/unsatisfactorily addressed grievances and fear of losing their anonymity while providing feedback, reveals new report by Indeed.

As many as 45 percent of employers believe that psychological safety is a strong performance indicator and 47 percent say it is a crucial need since it leads to higher employee retention and engagement, reveals new report by global job site Indeed. Psychological safety refers to employees believing that they can take risks without being shamed by other members

The major reasons for employees feeling psychologically unsafe at work include mental health issues (47percent), unaddressed/unsatisfactorily addressed grievances (43percent) and fear of losing their anonymity while providing feedback (28percent), says the report on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DI&B) at Indian Workplaces, which examines the need for psychological safety in Indian organisations

Impact of psychologically unsafe workplaces

Employees facing fear due to various reasons could adversely affect psychological safety. Fear of burnout (34 percent) and fear of failure (25 percent) are dominant among employees in psychologically unsafe workplaces. Biases also play a role in determining psychological safety at work. The most common biases employees face are gender and sexual orientation (59 percent), their religion, caste and ethnicity (32 percent), their physical, mental, and emotional disabilities (18 percent), and the language they speak (18 percent). In order to create a psychologically safe environment, 45 percent of employees express that being their authentic selves at work, expressing ideas, opinions…

Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/article/employee-relations/why-ispsychological-safety-crucial-for-india-inc-in-2023-heres-how-to-create-it-36912