Psychological Safety Workshops
Practical, experience based workshops designed to lift trust, strengthen communication and help teams perform at their best.
Overview
Psychological Safety Workshops
A high performing team is built on trust, confidence and open communication.
Our psychological safety workshops give teams the practical tools, behaviours and shared language they need to speak up, collaborate effectively and support one another under pressure.
These workshops are ideal for organisations who want to strengthen resilience, lift team performance and create a healthier, safer culture where people can do their best work.
Why Psychological Safety Matters
Teams thrive when people feel safe to contribute ideas, ask questions, challenge thinking and admit when they need help. When psychological safety is strong, communication improves, mistakes are addressed early, and collaboration becomes easier. Teams make better decisions. Creativity increases. Wellbeing rises. A psychologically safe environment does not lower standards – it creates the conditions where high performance becomes possible.
Our psychological safety workshops help teams understand these principles in a relatable, human way, and provides clear guidance on how to build psychological safety every day.
What’s included
- Two interactive 60 minute workshop blocks focused on understanding and building psychological safety
- Practical team activities (e.g. “Moments I Stayed Silent”, “Red Flags and Green Flags”) to bring concepts to life
- Clear psychological safety model and “Fear to Trust” framework tailored to your team
- Guided creation of a team Psychological Safety Charter with agreed behaviours and norms
- Individual action commitments so each participant leaves with one concrete behaviour to apply immediately
Online or in-person
2 X 60-minute blocks
Measure your progress
Special pricing for large groups
BLOCK 1: Understanding Psychological Safety
Duration: 60 minutes
- What Psychological Safety Really Means
- Why Psychological Safety Matters
- The Cost of Silence
- TEAM ACTIVITY – “Moments I Stayed Silent”
- The Four Pillars of Psychological Safety
BLOCK 2: Building Psychological Safety
Duration: 60 minutes
- Behaviours That Strengthen Psychological Safety
- The Journey From Fear to Trust
- TEAM ACTIVITY – “Red Flags and Green Flags”
- Building Team Agreements
- Closing Reflection – One Behaviour That Will Make a Difference
Psychological Safety Workshops
About
What These Workshops Cover
This workshop series is delivered in two focused 60 minute blocks:
Block 1 – Understanding Psychological Safety
Participants explore:
- What psychological safety is and is not
- Why teams with higher psychological safety perform better
- The real cost of silence and withholding information
- Everyday barriers that prevent people from speaking up
- The four foundations of psychological safety: Inclusivity, Respect, Permission and Belonging
Practical activities encourage honest reflection and help the team recognise what strengthens or weakens psychological safety in their current environment.
Block 2 – Building Psychological Safety
This module focuses on real behavioural change. Teams learn:
- Leader and team behaviours that lift psychological safety
- How small, consistent actions build trust over time
- The progression from fear to trust and high performance
- “Red Flags and Green Flags” that shape everyday culture
The session concludes with a co-created Team Psychological Safety Charter – a simple set of behavioural agreements that guide how the team communicates, listens and works together.
Who These Workshops Are For
Our psychological safety workshops are suitable for:
- Leadership teams
- Project teams and cross–functional groups
- Frontline staff
- Organisations experiencing change or increased pressure
- Teams wanting stronger trust, better communication and improved wellbeing
Whether your team is newly formed or well established, these workshops provides a clear and practical pathway to lift trust, resilience and performance.
Ready to Strengthen Your Team?
If you would like to build a more confident, collaborative and high performing team, our psychological safety workshops are an excellent starting point. Contact us to discuss delivery options including online sessions, half–day programs, tailored workshops or full experiential programs.
Psychological Safety Workshops
What’s Included
- Two 60 minute workshop blocks delivered by experienced facilitators
- Block 1: Understanding Psychological Safety
- Block 2: Building Psychological Safety
- Practical activities
- Clear behavioural framework for building psychological safety in everyday communication
- Team Psychological Safety Charter created during the workshop
- Individual behavioural commitments for immediate action in the workplace
“From a cost-benefit perspective, the program is easily justified, and its adoption sends a strong message to employees and the community about the organisation’s commitment to programs that positively impact mental health.”
Dr Daryl Marchant – Associate Professor Of Psychology
eResilience White Paper Author 2024
Psychological Safety Workshops
Created By
David Buttifant
David has made a career building the resilience of Australia’s top athletes. With a Doctorate in Exercise Physiology from Victoria University and an MBA, he has been integral in the success of Olympic gold medal-winning athletes and Australian Football League premiership-winning teams.
His resilience facilitation experience is equally impressive. He’s delivered hundreds of presentations and programs to help people achieve a better version of themselves.
David lives the techniques he teaches. He shares these evidence-based techniques and strategies to make healthy habits stick. Through his personal experiences, he has helped others adapt and succeed in all aspects of life.
Nick Farr
Nick is a Mt Everest summiteer and one of Australia’s most accomplished resilience and leadership development coaches.
He’s delivered resilience and leadership workshops, webinars, keynotes and outdoor programs to organisations for more than 20 years.
Nick has climbed many of the world’s highest mountains and has guided more than 1,000 everyday Australians in challenging, high-altitude environments with resilience training at its core. Nick previously served as a detective with Victoria Police for 20 years.
our relationships
We have worked with respected organisations including Victoria Police, Telstra, Adobe, Bluescope, Clinical Labs, Delta Air Lines and the Victorian Department of Health. These partnerships reflect the depth, quality and credibility of our work. When teams and leaders from such diverse and high performing environments trust us to deliver resilience, wellbeing and psychological safety programs, it reinforces the responsibility we carry. Their expectations push us to deliver practical, evidence-based training that is grounded, relevant and immediately useful in the real world.
Working with organisations across policing, aviation, technology, healthcare, government and industry gives us a unique window into the pressures people face and the support they genuinely need.
These experiences shape the way we design and deliver our programs, ensuring our frameworks are tested across different contexts and challenges. It means that every workshop, every program and every learning experience is informed by what actually helps people adapt, collaborate and perform under pressure — not theory alone, but applied insight gained from working alongside some of the most trusted organisations in Australia and beyond.
