Tough on Results, Tender on People:
How to Create Psychological Safety in Your Teams for Performance and Growth
Psychological safety has become the foundation for building high-performing teams that can work more effectively together and navigate whatever change the world throws their way. It's the secret ingredient that fuels innovation, engagement, and resilience in the face of uncertainty. Teams with high psychological safety, led by leaders who are 'tough on results and tender on people', consistently outperform others by fostering trust, enabling creativity, and deepening collaboration. These teams tackle challenges with confidence, openly communicate, admit mistakes, and explore new approaches without fear. The question is, how can leaders create psychological safety on their team while still being tough on the results they're looking to achieve? UN peacekeeper and leadership expert Urs Koenig knows exactly how.
In this engaging and actionable keynote, Urs shares his deeply researched and battletested framework for fostering psychological safety, enabling leaders to embrace vulnerability, fail successfully, and empower every voice on their team. Drawing from his rich experiences as a UN peacekeeper, business executive, seasoned executive coach, ultra-endurance champion, and accomplished professor, Urs offers actionable and digestible insights shaped by his work with leaders across four continents that equip leaders to build the team of their dreams.
Attendees will leave this presentation inspired by powerful leadership stories and armed with an actionable and practical toolkit to build a high-performance culture that prioritizes strong results while caring for people.
Actionable Takeaways Tailored to Each Audience:
1. Master the Three Pillars of Psychological Safety to enhance trust, collaboration, and productivity.
2. Turn failures into growth by normalizing mistakes as an opportunity for growth and fostering fearless innovation.
3. Empower every voice by creating a culture where team members feel confident to speak up and share ideas.
4. Build trust through vulnerability by leading with authenticity and openness.
5. Walk away with actionable strategies, including a simple team exercise to cultivate a thriving, safe space.