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Short Workshop | Max. 20 Participants
90 minutes
Workshop Outcomes
- Understand what psychological safety means, why it matters for individual wellbeing and team performance, and how it is shaped by everyday workplace interactions
- Recognise personal nervous system responses that make speaking up, asking for help, or raising concerns feel threatening — and understand why this is a normal human response
- Apply at least two practical strategies for contributing to a psychologically safer team environment, regardless of role or seniority
Topics Covered
- What psychological safety is and isn't — a neuroscience-informed introduction to why our brains are wired to assess safety before we speak, contribute, or take risks
- How everyday behaviours — including listening, responding to mistakes, and navigating disagreement — build or erode psychological safety in teams
- Practical tools for all employees — evidence-based strategies for speaking up more effectively, supporting colleagues, and contributing to a safer team culture
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to Face
- Virtual
Overview
Psychological safety — the shared belief that it is safe to speak up, ask questions, and contribute ideas without fear of negative consequences — is one of the most powerful drivers of team effectiveness and individual wellbeing at work. Yet many employees have never been given a shared language or practical framework for understanding or building it.
This evidence-based session introduces employees to the concept of psychological safety, the neuroscience behind why speaking up feels risky, and the everyday behaviours that shape safer, more connected team environments. Participants leave with both a shared vocabulary and practical tools they can apply immediately — regardless of their role or seniority. Designed for general office-based teams at all levels, this 90-minute session works well as a companion to manager-focused psychological safety training or as a standalone team wellbeing and culture offering.
Workshop Outcomes
- Understand what psychological safety means, why it matters for individual wellbeing and team performance, and how it is shaped by everyday workplace interactions
- Recognise personal nervous system responses that make speaking up, asking for help, or raising concerns feel threatening — and understand why this is a normal human response
- Apply at least two practical strategies for contributing to a psychologically safer team environment, regardless of role or seniority
Topics Covered
- What psychological safety is and isn't — a neuroscience-informed introduction to why our brains are wired to assess safety before we speak, contribute, or take risks
- How everyday behaviours — including listening, responding to mistakes, and navigating disagreement — build or erode psychological safety in teams
- Practical tools for all employees — evidence-based strategies for speaking up more effectively, supporting colleagues, and contributing to a safer team culture
Who is this workshop for
Suitable for all employees in general office-based teams, regardless of role or seniority, who want to understand the neuroscience behind speaking up and contribute more effectively to a psychologically safer team culture. Particularly valuable where low candour or disengagement are identified concerns. Designed as the all-employee companion to Safe to Lead.
Handouts/materials provided
Participants receive a professionally designed PDF handout including key reference content from the session and a personal planning template for applying what they've learned. Designed to be used during the workshop and kept as a practical resource afterwards.
What to bring
Just yourself and a willingness to reflect. All workshop materials, including your participant handout, are provided on the day. No prior knowledge or preparation is required.
Facilitator
About the facilitator
Caroline beats to the unpredictable rhythm of change! Tapping into wellness and inspiring people to stay AIRBORNE when the headwinds of work and the world get tough, sets her true north course.
Psychologist and wellness specialist, for over 20 years she’s been working with individuals and teams in the wellness realm, using energy techniques and a toolbox of stress reduction strategies to help build better mental health, resilience and peak performance. One of her speciality areas, that is gaining more traction and understanding linked to work performance, is sleep.
Trained as a Clinical Psychologist in Ireland, and with additional qualifications in Counselling, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Extended DISC Behavioural Profiling and more, Caroline has worked extensively both nationally and internationally with leaders and teams, inspiring and coaching them to achieve high level wellness.
Key Expertise
- The Power of Sleep
- Resilience
- Peak Performance
Industry Focus
- Healthcare
- Mining
- Government & Private Enterprise
Based in:
About the facilitator
Caroline beats to the unpredictable rhythm of change! Tapping into wellness and inspiring people to stay AIRBORNE when the headwinds of work and the world get tough, sets her true north course.
Psychologist and wellness specialist, for over 20 years she’s been working with individuals and teams in the wellness realm, using energy techniques and a toolbox of stress reduction strategies to help build better mental health, resilience and peak performance. One of her speciality areas, that is gaining more traction and understanding linked to work performance, is sleep.
Trained as a Clinical Psychologist in Ireland, and with additional qualifications in Counselling, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Extended DISC Behavioural Profiling and more, Caroline has worked extensively both nationally and internationally with leaders and teams, inspiring and coaching them to achieve high level wellness.
Key Expertise
- The Power of Sleep
- Resilience
- Peak Performance
Industry Focus
- Healthcare
- Mining
- Government & Private Enterprise
Based in:
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