Psychological Safety
Even a child knows how valuable the forest is. The fresh, breathtaking smell of trees. Echoing birds flying above that dense magnitude. A stable climate, a sustainable diverse life and a source of culture. Yet, forests and other ecosystems hang in the balance, threatened to become croplands, pasture, and plantations.
At SoftPace, we help organizations cultivate psychological safety—the essential condition for trust, innovation, and collaboration. When people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and support one another, they can truly thrive.
As Licenced Psychological Safety Practitioner work with organizations, leaders and teams to embed psychological safety through a science-based and deeply human approach.
Why Psychological Safety Matters
Psychological safety is not a “nice to have”—it’s a proven driver of learning, inclusion, engagement, and performance. Grounded in the research of Dr. Amy Edmondson (Harvard Business School), it is the foundation of healthy team dynamics and sustainable impact.
When psychological safety is present, people feel empowered to:
- Speak openly and honestly
- Learn from failure
- Ask for help and offer support
- Contribute their best ideas
At SoftPace, we believe that psychological safety is the human infrastructure for transformation.
What Is Psychological Safety?
Psychological safety is a team-level belief that it’s safe to take interpersonal risks—such as speaking up with ideas, asking questions, or admitting mistakes—without fear of blame or judgment. It allows people to bring their full selves to work and builds the conditions for connection, courage, and continuous learning.
How We Build It
We offer tailored, step-by-step programs to develop psychological safety across your organization:
Engaging Leadership
Change begins at the top.
We begin by working with the leadership team through an interactive workshop to explore:
- What psychological safety is
- Why it matters
- How leaders can cultivate it in their teams
We also offer the Fearless Organization Scan for leadership teams, providing a benchmarked report to gain insight into leadership dynamics and model the behaviors needed for cultural change.
Measuring & Empowering
Insight is the first step toward action.
We roll out The Fearless Organization Scan at the team level, offering:
- A validated, science-based measurement tool
- Detailed team reports with benchmarks and insights
- Interactive workshops where teams interpret their results and co-create concrete action plans
These sessions are highly engaging and lead to customized team agreements that directly target key areas of growth.
Sustaining the Change
Sustainable change takes time and effort.
That’s why we continue supporting your teams through:
- Follow-up reflection and coaching sessions every 2–3 weeks
- Re-measurement after 4–6 months
- Continuous iteration of team practices and learning
We also offer leadership coaching and facilitation throughout this journey to ensure alignment, accountability, and deep integration of psychological safety across the organization.
What’s Included in a Full Program
Each module includes:
- Research-based learning and training
- Experiential workshops with practical tools and group dialogue
- Team and leadership coaching
- Customizable interventions based on diagnostic results
Programs can be delivered in English, Dutch, or Spanish, and adapted for on-site or remote formats.
Flexible and Tailored to You
Our programs are modular. You can:
- Engage in a full end-to-end transformation (recommended), or
- Select individual modules based on your team’s priorities
We also offer standalone workshops and talks as a starting point.
Real change starts with trust.
Let’s co-create the conditions for teams and leaders to thrive.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Reach out today to learn more about how SoftPace can support to enhancing your team’s psychological safety. Let’s create the conditions for thriving, high-performance teams together.
📩 Contact us to schedule a consultation or learn more about our workshops and services!