Lori Adams-Brown on Preventing Workplace Bullying: The Power of Psychological Safety

Does your workplace feel like a battleground at times? Have you been told to just toughen up and deal with it? The pain of workplace bullying can be isolating and damaging to your mental health, leaving you feeling trapped and powerless. If you're tired of feeling this way, it's time to find a better solution to address workplace bullying effectively. Let's explore how you can foster a culture of trust and openness in your teams to prevent workplace bullying and create a psychologically safe environment where everyone can thrive.

In this episode, you will be able to:

• Understand how to prevent workplace bullying with psychological safety.
• Discover the effects of workplace bullying on mental health.
• Learn how to cultivate psychological safety in teams.
• Find out effective ways to address bullying in the workplace.
• Explore the crucial role of leadership in fostering workplace safety.

"Teams with high psychological safety are not only more innovative and productive, but they also create a workplace where bullying is less likely to occur." - Lori Adams-Brown

Lori Adams Brown, a seasoned professional with a wealth of experience in leadership development, has a personal connection to the issue of workplace bullying. Having been a target of workplace abuse herself, Lori knows firsthand the transformative power of psychological safety. Her journey through overcoming hard challenges and finding healing has fueled her passion for preventing and addressing workplace bullying. She has dived deep into research and personal stories of targets of workplace bullying to understand how psychological safety can play a pivotal role in creating a work environment that not only prevents bullying but also fosters trust and openness. Through her personal experiences and extensive insights, Lori is dedicated to sharing tools and knowledge, not only to help those who have been targets of workplace bullying but also to empower managers and leaders to cultivate psychologically safe teams. Her narrative-style approach evokes a sense of relatability, resonating with the emotions and experiences of her audience, making her an authentic and credible voice in fostering a culture of trust and openness in teams. She shares quick tips from the research and books she has studied as well as the patterns from the qualitative research from stories of targets themselves in order to help anyone wanting to prevent workplace bullying by recognizing the red flags and cultivating an work culture where bullying is prevented and quickly stopped.

Learn how to:

1. Build a culture of trust

2. Enhance mental well-being

3. Foster psychological safety

The key moments in this episode are:

00:05:21 - Understanding Workplace Bullying

00:09:47 - Psychological Safety and Bullying Prevention

00:12:27 - Creating a Psychologically Safe Environment

00:14:30 - Creating a Culture of Acceptance and Feedback

00:15:28 - Swiftly Addressing Bullying

00:17:31 - Promoting Inclusivity and Respect

Resources:

EPS on spiritual abuse

EPS with grounding techniques with Dr. Debbie Pinkston

1. Google’s Project Aristotle

2. Amy Edmondson’s Work on Psychological Safety

3. The Bully at Work

4. Workplace Bullying Institute

5. The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmondson

6. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

7. HBR 15 types of bullying

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