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Why Your Team Is Still Afraid to Challenge the Status Quo

Psychological safety is more than creating a workplace where people feel comfortable.

It is built at the intersection of respect and permission.

In this conversation, we break down the four stages of psychological safety, from inclusion and belonging to the much harder final stage: challenger safety, where employees feel safe questioning decisions, pushing against established thinking, and challenging the status quo.

A live audience poll revealed that 44% identified challenger safety as the biggest gap on their teams, far more than any other stage.

We unpack why.

Because challenging the…

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