About the Psychologically Safe Team Assessment
The Psychologically Safe Team Assessment is a free resource to help team leaders gather information from team members to help with continual improvement. This free online resource assesses teams of three or more across three categories: leadership, team interactions and inclusion.
This assessment will generate a report that highlights both team strengths and areas for improvement. It provides many free and practical toolsopens a new window including team activities, workshop materials and facilitation tips to help you build a more effective and resilient team. To make this more relevant for your team, the report highlights specific strategies and resources based on the assessment statement(s) you’d like to work on. You can also use your knowledge and experience to choose alternative interventions that you know will help your team. Open and transparent discussions with your team about the results can build or maintain trust and commitment to the team’s success going forward.
The assessment is intended for teams of three or more to help protect the confidentiality of everyone. If your team size is less than three, you can still review and use the team building ideas, strategies and free resources to help you take action. Learn more about the Psychologically Safe Team Assessment and what it measuresopens a new window.
Being a psychologically safe leader requires self-awareness and strategies that support, engage and protect team members. You can do a self-assessmentopens a new window on your leadership strategies alone, using the Psychologically Safe Leader Assessmentopens a new window, but having a psychologically safe team also requires your team members to interact and support each other in a safe and inclusive manner. The Psychologically Safe Team Assessment goes beyond leadership to include team interactions and inclusion.
Related resources can be found on the Workplace Strategies for Mental Healthopens a new window website and are provided at no cost. Any team leader can use the free tools to enhance psychological health and safety for their team.
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The Psychologically Safe Team Assessment was developed by the Workplace Strategies team with oversight by Dr. Brooke Linden and researchers from Queen's University, along with technical development and support from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
Workplace Strategies for Mental Health was established in 2007 to increase knowledge and awareness of psychological health and safety and improve the ability to respond to mental health issues at work. It provides practical strategies and tools for employers, compliments of Canada Life, for everyone in both French and English.
Queen's is steadfast in their commitment to truth, responsibility, respect, and wellbeing. They stand in support of an inclusive, diverse, and sustainable society. Queen's has a strong history of scholarship, discovery, and innovation. Their diversity enriches the community. Their research changes the world.
CCOHS is Canada's national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety, and provides credible information, education and innovative solutions to promote the total well-being and to create positive change in the lives of working people in Canada. CCOHS operates, hosts and maintains the Psychologically Safe Team Assessment resource.