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Building Psychological Safety

Because teams that feel safe, speak up – and teams that speak up, grow.

Building Psychological safety

At a glance

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Content coverage1 day
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Ideal Cohort Size20-25 learners
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Delivery Formats ILT / VILT / DIY
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Customization Fully tailored to your context and learning goals

Why This Matters

In today’s fast-moving and uncertain environments, innovation and collaboration depend on one critical foundation – psychological safety.

When people feel safe to express ideas, ask questions, or admit mistakes without fear of blame, teams become more creative, resilient, and high-performing.

This workshop helps leaders and managers understand, experience, and practice what psychological safety looks like – not through theory, but through powerful activities, reflection, and real-world dialogue, so that they can create those environments for their teams back at work.

Research shows that when psychological safety is embedded in team culture, they experience:

50%

Stronger performance outcomes

27%

Lower turnover

12%

Boost in productivity
Business Impact you’ll see

Business Impact You’ll See

  • Higher levels of trust, openness, and collaboration
  • Faster problem-solving and greater willingness to experiment
  • Stronger feedback culture and continuous learning
  • Reduced fear of failure and higher engagement across teams

“The best teams are not those that make the fewest mistakes — they are the ones that learn fastest from them.”

— Amy C. Edmondson

Designed for

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First-Time Managers

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Mid-Level Managers

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Senior Managers

Designed the FocusU Way

Behind every FocusU experience lies a design philosophy we call FACETS:

  • F

    Feedback

    Learners get actionable insight into where they stand

  • A

    Application

    Whatever is learnt is applied within the session itself

  • C

    Contextual

    Examples are drawn from the client industry and organization

  • E

    Experiential

    Learning by doing, not by listening

  • T

    Tailored

    Personalised to the lived experiences of the individual learner

  • S

    Stimulating

    Inspiring new thinking and imagination in the learner

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Walk-Through of Learner Experience

At FocusU, every learning experience follows a deliberate arc — moving participants
from awareness to application, and from insight to action.

STAGE WHAT HAPPENS
Discover Participants experience engaging activities, challenges and scenarios that surface real attitudes, assumptions, and patterns of behaviour.
Reflect Guided debriefs and discussions help them make sense of what they experienced - connecting it to their personal and workplace realities.
Reframe Learners explore new mindsets, tools, and frameworks that offer fresh ways to approach everyday challenges.
Apply Through practice, planning, and peer feedback, participants translate insights into actionable commitments they can take back to work.

Every FocusU intervention is designed to move learners from knowing to doing — ensuring
learning doesn’t end in the workshop, but continues in how people think, collaborate, and lead.

Optional Learning Reinforcements

Each intervention can be enhanced with practical job aids that extend learning beyond the workshop:

  • Participant Handbook – a session workbook to refer to key concepts and capture reflections (soft or hard copy).
  • Pre-Work Assignment – helps learners feel primed and curious for the session (via LMS or Google Forms).
  • Post-Work Assignments – enables reflection and application after the session (via LMS or Google Forms).
  • Pocket Insights – bite-sized takeaway summarising the key ideas (soft or hard copy).
  • Manager Checklist – a simple guide for learners’ managers to help them reinforce learning on the job (PDF soft copy).
A group of managers and team leaders, ideal participants for The Five Behaviors program.

Trusted by businesses big and small

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    What started as a Google Search looking for vendors conducting team building activities, ended up in a highly fruitful and insightful relationship with FocusU. Their team was with us all the way - from the pre-planning/brain-storming, to the final execution. The program was light, highly energizing and had plenty of memorable moments. Will we team up with these guys again? You bet we would!

    Anoop Tawde
    DHL India Operations Training Manager
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    I would like to thank FocusU for organizing the team building which turned out to be a great fun-filled learning exercise for the entire team. All the activities planned through the day ensured maximum interaction amongst all participants. We could feel the difference in the attitude of team members right away, we went in as 3 different teams and by the end of the day it was 1 big team.

    Anand Hirekatur
    Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Delivery Head

Frequently asked questions

Don’t see an answer to your question?
Drop us an email and we will get back

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For each workshop, we can help you with three different teasers you can customize and share periodically with participants to build excitement and get traction.

You can reach out to your designated client advisor or reach us at hello@focusu.com to know more about the workshop. Our team will talk with you to understand your needs better to ensure that the workshop is customized to your context.

We are glad you asked that question. Every learning intervention starts with "Why?" and "What is the difference you want to see at the workplace because your learner attended this session?" Once we are clear, our learning designers put together a thoughtfully curated learning journey that could be a mix of different methodologies chosen to suit your learning environment. Besides this, to aid learning, we can (optionally) buttress it through:

  • A pre-learning assignment for learners to know where they stand before the journey
  • A participant handbook aids the learner in returning to what was covered during the session and reviewing it again. It helps in learning reinforcement.
  • A post-learning assignment helps learners know where they stand after the journey. Assessing the gap in learning helps learners in bridging it.
  • Pocket insights—a ready reckoner with the key concepts that can either be carried along or be pinned up as a ready reminder.
  • Manager Essentials—tips (for the managers of the learners) to recognize behavioral changes and create an environment that encourages the learners to put what they have learned to practice.
  • Post-learning application of learning at the workplace through a specific project.
  • We try to capture the impact of every learning intervention through an impact report that is then shared with clients.

Every single workshop (except the asynchronous self-paced modules) is customized to the precise customer need and brief. Our client advisory team will work closely with you to understand your context and pass it on to the execution team.

Ready to Build a Culture
of Safety and Trust?

Let’s co-create an experience that helps your teams speak up,
learn faster, and thrive together.