There’s No Psychological Safety Without Equity

You can either have a “psychologically safe” team that feels safe enough for interpersonal risk taking because people more or less agree with each other and share very similar identities and experiences, or you can strive for an equitable psychological safety in which everyone generally feels safe enough, most of the time, to really express the ways they are different.

How To Be A More Trauma Informed Workplace

Trauma is very common in the workplace, and many workplace cultures make it worse or even create it. Learn tangible steps for building a trauma informed workplace culture that supports people’s safety, belonging and dignity.

How a Workplace Came Back Stronger from a Crisis

Andrew, Enviro’s Director of Operations, knew that something major needed to be done to support healing after a formal complaint of bullying and harassment led to an investigation. They needed a solution to the immediate crisis, but he had a bigger vision than that. He wanted to build a healthy workplace culture where people could collaborate respectfully, disagree constructively, and feel safe enough to learn from feedback. 

We Are Nature Not Machines

When we place urgency and deadlines before human wellbeing, we end up with major problems of burnout, turnover, conflict and toxicity … the list goes on. We need to do the personal and interpersonal work that is  necessary to really change how we relate, what we value, how we act, and how we lead.

Five Questions to Begin Your New Relationship with Conflict

I used to be afraid of conflict, and I had the survival strategies to match that fear. Sometimes I would come out swinging hard, if I felt righteous, or particularly angry.  Other times, I would give up my own needs and boundaries to protect the other person’s feelings, if I was worried about the relationship.  […]

What is Workplace Restoration?

A major trauma in the workplace can be a devastating experience for management and employees. Through the Workplace Restoration process, we help organizations put the workplace back together. The process will relieve tension, restore employee relationships and confidence and help you move on, leaving the stress behind.

Preventing workplace conflict: Part Two

You can create a healthy conflict culture: a space with the fluidity and flexibility to encourage disagreement, prevent serious harm, and learn from both successes and mistakes. In this kind of setting conflicts are less likely to escalate into a crisis that requires costly and traumatic intervention.

Five roots of healthy organizations

I recently had a conversation with a friend about our experiences with non-profit and community based organizations. We both intentionally chose to work in the community sector because we wanted to effect positive change in the world, and cared about the value of community wellbeing. At various times, we both found ourselves depleted, stressed, and […]