Transforming Toxic Workplaces: Fostering Upstanders and Safeguarding Well-being

And ultimately, psychological safety is underpinning all of the concepts and principles that I talk about. I love Amy Edmondson's work, her psychological safety zones. She actually inspired me, her thought leadership, a model around psychological safety zones, actually inspired me when I was looking at standard bystander zones. And as I was having conversations with people, I could actually see in my mind Wow, are they falling into what I call the unconscious zone, the uncomfortable zone, the avoidance zone, which ultimately are the three bystander zones, or are they striving or currently in what I call the upstander zone? And, and to answer your question about, you know, can upstander traits be developed? Absolutely. And in my book and course, I unpack, you know, some of the critical skill sets or archetypes of upstanders. And often courage is, you know, one of the, the bedrocks to success, because as we know, challenging the status quo, calling out bad behaviors is uncomfortable and takes courage and candor to be able to do so.