Psychological Safety: Balancing Worker Psyche, Rights, and Engagement

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We welcome excellent guests this week and delve into a term some will not have heard of, but everyone with a job is familiar with. Psychological Safety is another attempt to package the complicated workplace into a simple idea. When it comes down to it, Psychological Safety is a delicate balance between worker psyche, personal rights, and their engagement with the organization.

 

0:15 - Today on This Week at Work

 

Lawyer on the Clock: 

 

3:29 - Melissa Pesce from Ogletree Deakins steps in for Burt to discuss Don’s question about an amendment for union organization change in Illinois, DOL’s attempts to revamp independent contractor text causing confusion, and Amazon rejects unionization 2 to 1 in Albany, NY, while Apple organized in OKC.

 

Philburt’s Phorum: 

 

10:02 - Phil get’s help with his new mantra “be nice to people” from Patrick Swayze’s performance in MGM’s Roadhouse

 

The Employer’s Lounge: Performance Reviews

 

12:20 - What is Psychological Safety?

14:30 - You have to help supervisors learn to create employee engagement

16:56 - Poll results - 67% say a Psychologically Safe workplace is a place where it is okay to fail and share opinions, and it’s a new term to 7%

18:45 - The First Amendment is not a license for employees to say whatever they want

24:18 - Looking through a generational lens and realizing HR professionals are challenged now  to understand worker psyche

29:28 - It starts with your interview process

 

Host(s): 

Phil Brandt, President and CEO of AAIM Employers’ Association

 

Guest(s):

Melissa Pece, Senior Counsel, Ogletree Deakins

Tanya Zion, JD, Strategic Business Consultant and Executive Coach

 

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