Psychological Safety - with Rachael McMahon, Tim Grenfell and Leonie Graham

The People & Culture Podcast with James Judge

Psychological Safety. What is it? Why is it important? How do you create and maintain it in your workplace? That's what I cover in this episode with three people who all have important insights on these issues. I'm joined by Rachael McMahon, Director and Principal Psychologist with the Australian Public Service Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit. Rachael has led major transformations of practice in suicide prevention, mental health capability, disaster recovery and crisis response. Tim Grenfell is Chief Psychologist with the Australian Federal Police and also has extensive experience working within other government agencies and in a variety of clinical roles. Leonie Graham is Director, People Support at IP Australia and has experience working with private and public sector workforces in a range of human resource and people related roles. We also get to discuss a range of other issues including linkages with mental health in the workplace and what happens where psychological safety is absent in teams. I hope you find the conversation informative. Let me know of other topics you'd like me to explore? Thanks to IP Australia for whom I initially created this recording.