How “safe” is your workplace?
Is honesty encouraged or is “mum” the word?
To date, over 20% of 600+ survey respondents say “Safety” is lacking in their workplace. Is it lacking in yours?
We certainly hear lots of “buzz” around “speak up” cultures and psychological safety. How often does this translate into action?
Safety is not rule based. It can’t be delegated to EH&S, legal or compliance. Leadership either chooses to embed it into the core values of the organization, model and reinforced it daily, or they do not.
Safety is the eleventh of *12 behaviors in our Tap Into Trust (TAP) framework having now been accessed over 150,000 times in 16 languages.
Trust Across America-Trust Around the World recently created The “Art” of Trust visual “cues” to start a discussion about workplace behaviors that build and weaken stakeholder trust. Together these cues form a “Wall” of Trust to enhance learning and retention.
In building team and stakeholder trust, we describe “Safety” as follows:
We call out unethical behavior or corrupt practices – we make it safe to be honest with no fear of reprisal.
Our Trust Alliance members suggest the following discussion questions to elevate safety and build workplace trust.
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- How do we fix an unsafe culture?
- Have we created an environment in which all members of our organization can share honest input?
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The “Art” of Trust is one of many resources designed for our Trust Action Project to help leaders, teams and organizations move from trust talk to ACTION in 2021 and beyond.
Would you like to build a Wall of Trust for your team? Take the first step.
Join our global Trust Alliance and participate in our programs.
Learn more about the Trust Action Project 2021 at this link.
*TAP INTO TRUST is an acronym. The 12 behaviors are equally weighted. The weakest behaviors break the trust chain.
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