Fostering Psychological Safety toward an Inclusive Workplace
Creating an inclusive workspace that values and respects individuals' differences is essential in today's ever-changing and diverse workplaces.
Psychological safety serves a critical role in creating such an environment. Where Queer people constitute approximately 15-20% of many organizations, ensuring that organizations and teams benefit from their experience, contributions and mentorship is imperative for workplace culture and organizational success.
This presentation offers a 5-step method to create a psychologically safe workplace. These steps cover theory, yet are primarily practical. They are applicable to colleagues and leaders who want to create a psychologically safe workplace, with practical tools and techniques.
Examples of workplace culture and leadership behaviours that undermine psychological safety for Queer colleagues will also be reflected.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the importance of psychological safety in creating inclusive and diverse workplaces
Develop skills to communicate courageously and respectfully to create a psychologically safe environment
Master the art of active and empathetic listening to build trust and understanding among team members
Learn how to manage reactions effectively by acknowledging and responding to emotions in a constructive way
Design inclusive rituals that foster a sense of community and belonging among team members
Previously Delivered to:
Turner Fleischer Architects
DIALOG
Availability: Online (Anywhere), In-person (Montreal)
Mazdak Chinichian (he/him)
Mazdak is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a Project Management Professional (PMPTM), an Associated Certified Coach (ACC), a ProSci ADKARTM Change Management Professional and a Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator.
Throughout his many years of experience working as a leadership coach, facilitator, organizational change senior advisor, management consultant, and IT process engineer Mazdak experienced workplace realities and challenges first-hand. They inspire him to offer an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to fostering personal and professional transformation.
He is deeply invested in his clients’ success, and is motivated to partner with passionate individuals. By building their awareness of inner values and strengths, he aims to evoke a mindset shift that will spark personal growth and development in his clients’ lives.
In addition, Mazdak is involved in many community and volunteer projects including - coaching, mentoring and facilitating workshops for QueerTech, Startup-Fest, Expo-Entrepreneurs, McGill U and U of Sherbrooke students etc.