Beyond Psychological Safety: The Missing Leadership Skill
Briefly

In high-performance environments, corporate leadership often prioritizes aggression and emotional suppression, creating a culture that feels more reptilian than human. Despite attempts to promote psychological safety, teams struggle to open up when they exist in survival mode. Shift in leadership requires recognizing that true safety is a biological state, essential for promoting trust and collaboration. Effective leadership involves communicating from a state of internal safety, which significantly impacts team dynamics, creativity, and connection. By understanding and leveraging our biological predispositions toward communication and collaboration, leaders can foster a healthier, more productive environment.
To truly shift how we lead, we need to understand that safety isn't just an idea. It's a biological state.
When leaders learn to communicate from a state of internal safety, they help others feel safe.
Instead of suppressing emotions and pushing through, we must reconnect with our biological advantages to foster safety and trust.
These subtle physiological signals shape how others feel—and whether they can access their own capacity for creativity, clarity, and connection.
Read at Psychology Today
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