Psychological Safety at Work

We all know what it feels like to be on a team where we are offered psychological safety. It means that we can raise our hands and say, I made a mistake, or I don't understand, or I've got some stuff going on at home and it's affecting my work, or I need help, or can you please be patient with me? When we can say these things.

Without any fear of humiliation or retribution, we can say these things without any fear that will hurt our promotability. But more important, we can say these things with the confidence that those in our team will rush in to support us or our leaders will rush in to support us. And this is a huge factor for employee burnout, because when we feel that we can say those things and we can feel supported, more and more likely to seek help for whatever is stressing us out or causing us anxiety. And more importantly, we don't feel alone as we're going through the stress that's leading to burnout. So, absolutely, psychological safety is a big part of helping reduce employee burnout.