Psychological Safety Training for Stronger, Healthier Teams

Creating a workplace where people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and be themselves isn’t just good for morale—it’s essential for performance. Psychological safety training helps leaders and teams break through fear-based habits and build cultures rooted in trust, openness, and collaboration. At Humessence, we support leaders in embedding these principles into their day-to-day so that innovation, inclusion, and accountability can thrive.

What Is Psychological Safety and Why It Matters

Psychological safety is the belief that team members can speak up—ask questions, admit mistakes, raise concerns, or offer new ideas—without fear of rejection or punishment. This essential workplace dynamic, researched by Harvard’s Amy Edmondson and validated through Google’s Project Aristotle, is the foundation of healthy, high-performing teams.

When psychological safety is high, people bring their full selves to work. They engage more deeply, collaborate more effectively, and feel empowered to challenge the status quo. In contrast, when it’s lacking, people stay silent, hide problems, and avoid risk—leading to disengagement and costly mistakes.

In psychologically safe teams, people:

Ask questions and admit they don’t know
Offer candid feedback, even to senior leaders
Take creative risks without fear of blame
Support and encourage one another

In today’s fast-paced and evolving workplace, psychological safety isn’t just a “nice-to-have.” It’s a strategic advantage—fueling innovation, retention, and resilience across your organization.

Amy Edmondson on Psychological Safety from the TED stage

Key Elements of Effective Psychological Safety Training

Humessence’s psychological safety training is designed to help leaders and teams build real trust and openness through proven, research-backed methods. We focus on:

Leaders deepen their self-awareness and emotional regulation while building empathy and strong relationship management skills.

Leaders learn to share their own challenges and mistakes, creating space for authenticity and signaling to their team that it’s safe to be human.

Our training helps leaders ensure every voice is heard. Strategies for participation, equity, and inclusive decision-making are emphasized.

We teach both leaders and team members how to give and receive feedback clearly, respectfully, and with growth in mind—fostering open dialogue and mutual understanding.

We introduce frameworks that help shift teams from fear of failure to embracing experimentation and continuous learning.

Together, these elements build not just skills—but a new leadership mindset. One that transforms how people lead, relate, and perform.

How Psychological Safety Training Improves Team Communication and Collaboration

When psychological safety is present, communication becomes more honest, direct, and effective. People speak up with confidence. Leaders listen without defensiveness. And teams align around what really matters.

Imagine a team that once hesitated to challenge leadership—now openly brainstorming, asking for help, and co-creating innovative solutions. That’s the shift our training aims to enable.

John Marshall, Founder of Humessence

Humessence’s training gives teams the tools to:

Move from surface-level talk to meaningful dialogue
Replace fear-driven silence with constructive feedback
Surface hidden issues and opportunities before they escalate
Create space for conflict that leads to solutions—not tension

Improved communication leads to more dynamic collaboration. Instead of holding back, employees engage with clarity, care, and courage—resulting in stronger relationships and better business outcomes.

Building a Culture of Trust and Accountability

Psychological safety and accountability are not opposites—they are partners. When team members feel safe, they are more willing to take ownership, admit mistakes, and contribute to solutions. They don’t hide from responsibility; they embrace it.

Our training helps leaders create the conditions for both high trust and high standards by:

Modeling consistent, transparent leadership behavior
Encouraging team norms that value candor and kindness
Establishing accountability systems grounded in shared purpose—not fear

When people trust each other, they don’t just comply—they commit. They stretch. They grow. And they hold themselves and others to a higher standard—because they care, not because they fear.

The result? A resilient, forward-moving culture where people thrive, stay longer, and do their best work—together.

Your Psychological Safety Training Facilitator and Coach

Brett Larson, MBA, CLC

Brett Larson is a seasoned organizational leader with over 30 years of experience and a deep commitment to human-centered leadership. His own journey through leadership challenges inspired his book Discovering Leaders Within and the creation of the HUM-B-LE framework, which focuses on trust, emotional intelligence, and psychological safety. As a certified coach and facilitator with Humessence, Brett helps leaders foster open, inclusive environments where people feel safe to speak up and thrive.

Discover the Framework Behind the Training

This training draws on the insights from Discovering the Leaders Within—a practical guide written by program facilitator Brett Larson. In it, Brett explores how psychological safety, emotional intelligence, and authentic presence are key to unlocking a team’s full potential. Based on his decades of experience leading executive development programs, the book provides a powerful roadmap for cultivating leaders who can build trust, model vulnerability, and lead with clarity.

Whether you’re enhancing your organization’s leadership development strategy or growing your own skillset, this book is an ideal companion to the training—grounding the experience in a proven, human-centered leadership development framework.

Psychological Safety Training Delivery Methods and Pricing

$ 3,300
+ Travel, Expenses, & Materials

2-hour in-person workshop
Interactive and engaging group and peer partner exercises
Professionally printed workshop manual with take-home resources
Post-session exercises to embed learnings in workflow

$ 3,300
(No additional fees)

2-hour virtual workshop
Interactive and engaging group and peer partner exercises
Professional fillable digital manual with take-home resources
Post-session exercises to embed learnings in workflow

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