Research has proven that a psychologically safe environment is the key ingredient to building a culture that balances people and profit for the longevity of the organization. Without a feeling of safety, there is no trust, leaving no possibility of a healthy, thriving culture. But with safety, everything becomes possible.

At RTC, we have a long history of helping organizations create psychologically safe spaces, from the company culture services we offer today, to our decades of shepherding CEOs in writing the book the book they were born to write, to the vulnerability art installations we produced for companies like Microsoft, Workday, and ADP, to our award-winning card game, Vulnerability is Sexy. Today, our expert facilitators, coaches, and instructors work with leaders and teams to develop the skills, mindsets, and behaviors that foster the trust, openness, and genuine human connection that lead to high-performance teams.

We help organizations create a sense of mental safety by

• establishing a culture of trust and accountability;
• developing authentic, vulnerable leaders;
• fostering open communication and productive conflict;
• providing support and care at every level, from leadership to the front line;
• cultivating individual and collective resilience; and
• driving creativity and adaptability to support change.

At RTC, we recognize that in order to create a sense of team psychological safety, each member of a team has to possess enough emotional intelligence and self-awareness for their colleagues to feel safe working with them. To that aim, we help your people gain the skills to deploy that emotional intelligence and self-awareness at work, such as the ability to remain present rather than distracted or to reserve judgment and ask questions rather than assuming and criticizing.

Each of these outward skills is correlated to an employee’s inward capacity. The ability to be present or to reserve judgment with others is limited by how present or judgmental we can be with ourselves. In order to create a team that is psychologically safe, each individual team member must feel psychologically safe on their own.

Our training and development programs focus on helping individuals cultivate a mindset and environment where they feel secure, valued, and capable of expressing themselves without fear of judgment or rejection. By integrating these practices into their workday, individuals create a foundation of safety that they then work together to build psychological safety in teams.

Through our training and development focused on increasing psychological safety, employees practice techniques and acquire skills such as

• developing emotional intelligence,

• cultivating presence,

• building trust,

• embracing vulnerability,

• strengthening communication,

• seeking support, and

• regularly reflecting and adapting.