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Short Workshop | Max. 20 Participants
90 minutes
Workshop Outcomes
- Understand what psychological safety is, why it matters for team performance, and how current psychosocial safety obligations make it a leadership priority
- Recognise how specific leadership behaviours and communication patterns either build or erode psychological safety within teams
- Apply at least two practical strategies for fostering an environment where team members feel safe to contribute, challenge, and recover from mistakes
Topics Covered
- The neuroscience of psychological safety — how threat and safety responses in the brain shape team behaviour, communication, and performance
- Leadership behaviours that build or undermine psychological safety, including how stress, pressure, and nervous system states affect the way leaders show up
- Practical tools for everyday leadership — evidence-based strategies for modelling vulnerability, responding to mistakes, and creating conditions for open dialogue
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 team members can speak up, take risks, and make mistakes without fear of punishment — is now recognised as one of the strongest predictors of team performance. It is also a central consideration under Australian psychosocial safety legislation, placing it firmly within the scope of leadership responsibility.
This evidence-based session gives managers and team leaders a grounded introduction to what psychological safety is, why it matters, and how their everyday behaviours directly shape it. Drawing on neuroscience and behavioural frameworks, participants leave with practical, immediately applicable strategies for building safer, higher-performing team environments. Designed specifically for people leaders in general office-based settings, this 90-minute session works as a standalone leadership development offering or as part of a broader psychosocial risk management programme. No prior knowledge is required.
Workshop Outcomes
- Understand what psychological safety is, why it matters for team performance, and how current psychosocial safety obligations make it a leadership priority
- Recognise how specific leadership behaviours and communication patterns either build or erode psychological safety within teams
- Apply at least two practical strategies for fostering an environment where team members feel safe to contribute, challenge, and recover from mistakes
Topics Covered
- The neuroscience of psychological safety — how threat and safety responses in the brain shape team behaviour, communication, and performance
- Leadership behaviours that build or undermine psychological safety, including how stress, pressure, and nervous system states affect the way leaders show up
- Practical tools for everyday leadership — evidence-based strategies for modelling vulnerability, responding to mistakes, and creating conditions for open dialogue
Who is this workshop for
Designed for managers, team leaders, and people leaders at any level in general office-based settings who want practical strategies for building safer, higher-performing teams. Particularly valuable for organisations navigating psychosocial safety obligations or leadership development priorities. Best delivered alongside Safe to Speak for maximum team-level impact.
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 Crosbie works at the intersection of neuroscience, performance, and workplace wellbeing — helping individuals and teams in demanding environments perform sustainably, regulate effectively, and work together well.
With over 30 years of experience and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Ireland, Caroline brings a rigorous evidence base to everything she delivers. Her work draws on sleep science, nervous system regulation, and the psychology of team dynamics — translated into practical tools that work in real workplaces, not just training rooms.
She works primarily with leaders, managers, and teams in government and professional services — environments where the pressure to perform is high, the margin for error is low, and the human cost of getting it wrong compounds quietly over time.
Caroline's programmes are part of the Sustainable Performance Series — a suite of evidence-based workshops designed for organisations that take performance seriously and understand that sustaining it requires more than resilience training.
Key Expertise
- Psychological safety and team effectiveness
- Stress, anxiety and nervous system regulation
- Sleep science and work performance
- Burnout prevention and sustainable performance
- Emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness
Industry Focus
- Government and public sector
- Local government
- Health and community services
- Professional services
- Mining and resources
Based in:
About the facilitator
Caroline Crosbie works at the intersection of neuroscience, performance, and workplace wellbeing — helping individuals and teams in demanding environments perform sustainably, regulate effectively, and work together well.
With over 30 years of experience and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Ireland, Caroline brings a rigorous evidence base to everything she delivers. Her work draws on sleep science, nervous system regulation, and the psychology of team dynamics — translated into practical tools that work in real workplaces, not just training rooms.
She works primarily with leaders, managers, and teams in government and professional services — environments where the pressure to perform is high, the margin for error is low, and the human cost of getting it wrong compounds quietly over time.
Caroline's programmes are part of the Sustainable Performance Series — a suite of evidence-based workshops designed for organisations that take performance seriously and understand that sustaining it requires more than resilience training.
Key Expertise
- Psychological safety and team effectiveness
- Stress, anxiety and nervous system regulation
- Sleep science and work performance
- Burnout prevention and sustainable performance
- Emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness
Industry Focus
- Government and public sector
- Local government
- Health and community services
- Professional services
- Mining and resources
Based in:
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