Psychological safety is whether people on a team feel able to speak up, ask for help and admit mistakes without being punished or embarrassed. It is measured team by team, not for a whole company. These statements follow the ones researchers use, in plain words.
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Speaking up
Mistakes and risk
Asking for help
Respect and difference
Open questions
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Tips for a better psychological safety survey
Run it per team, and share results only when at least five people have answered.
The team's leader should read the results with the team and ask what would help, not explain them away.
Low scores usually point at how mistakes and bad news are received. Start there.