Jason prepares for an upcoming presentation by riffing through the topic of psychological safety on construction job sites. He opens with the personal story of being suspended once for not standing up for someone being harassed, and how that defining moment shaped a permanently higher standard for inclusion and respect in his work. He then reframes stress through The Upside of Stress, walks through the four stages of psychological safety from Amy Edmondson and Timothy Clark by way of Cabri Lehrman-Schmidt's article, and connects it to the hard reality that construction's suicide rate is nearly four times the national average.
What you'll learn in this episode:
Why the measure of harassment is impact, not intent, and why the bar must stay high regardless of intent
The difference between healthy stress and survival stress, and why hard work itself isn't the problem
The two by two of standards and psychological safety: high performance lives in high and high
The four stages: inclusion safety, learner safety, contributor safety, and challenger safety
How psychological safety enables the healthy conflict required by the five behaviors of a team
Psychological safety isn't softness. It's the foundation that lets people work hard, take stress in stride, and stay connected enough to deliver remarkable work together.
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