Navigating Workplace Trauma through Psychological Safety

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How do you advocate for your own well being when you have a toxic manager?

Can you make recommendations for handling workplace bullies, when either the bully is too amazing at his job to be disciplined, or the bully and your manager are friends and your manager won't...

What are some ways one can safeguard their mental health when one is currently not in a position to leave a toxic, traumatic job? And what does one do at a small company where HR is handled by...

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No questions right now.

How to recover or re-build self confidence , once you have suffer burned-out and now you realized you also have behaved in the same way you rejected?

How to get over a toxic work environment.

How to prepare to restart working after a long career break.

How do you not let bias from a previous workplace trauma impact your new/current workplace?

what is the best way to trust management again?

I have been searching for a job for a year. I am drained and exhausted. I don’t know what to do next.

No questions at this time, thank you. Looking forward to an engaging session on this critical topic.

How can I help employees come to the table for change and growth with an open mind after years of trauma?

How can teams foster psychological safety and overcome imposter syndrome resulting from workplace trauma in a virtual world?

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How do we help employees feel more comfortable with Exec members attending their meetings without them feeling like they're in trouble.

What should workplaces be prioritizing when it comes to staff well-being in this moment, after the past year of the collective trauma of the pandemic?

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High conflict abrasive employees and leaders share predictable personality patterns. 1. Make people target of blame 2. Extreme emotion 3. Extreme behavior 4. Take no responsibility. How to work...

"They'll stab you in the lungs and then ask why you're having trouble breathing" is it important considering the value of fight/flight – trying to improve a situation, or just leave before the...

How to handle bias regarding your direct report. - i.e Director Thank you!

Are there certain personality types that can attract trauma more than others?

People have different needs, they can experience similar situations in unique ways, and what makes one person feel safe may not apply to another person. What are some tools that an organization...

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How to work with middle managers so they can promote psychological safety, but also feel that they have it and can bring bigger problems to their managers. How to talk to people that are...

How do you recommend handling known aggressive coworkers that create a trauma filled environment and are pivotal to the point the manager does not step in?

How do you keep your spirit up when faced with continued bullying from others in your department.

Why is the responsibility always placed on the employees to figure out a way to navigate or endure these types of environments. Why are there not more thought leaders pushing for organizations to...

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Any recommendation for remotely executed cosultancy projects? Thanks

As executives, how can we design a comprehensive and holistic mental health strategy to help not only those that have suffered some kind of trauma, but also protect the ones who haven't?

How can one heal in the environment that made them sick?

What trauma are you seeing as we come out of COVID, specifically!

Can you provide ways to document unprofessional behavior an employee is exposed to?

1. Is there a Quick Guide for How To Deal with Physiological Trauma at the work place? 2. Where there is Operation Stress Syndrome (Accumulated Stress Overtime) what are the signs to look for?

What information can you share for black employees where workplace trauma includes racism on both systemic and individual levels? Like how do I find a better place to work, and how do I survive...

Who must be trained in handling workplace trauma?

Interested in resources to help senior execs become more trauma-informed.

I reviewed many of the questions submitted. Many on target with question I would have and very good questions. You didn’t ask for a review, but I have no additional questions at the moment. 🤔

Not right now, thanks!

I'm coaching someone who has a hard time trusting anyone in the workplace because of a prior situation in which she was gossiped about and villainized in the past. She wants to trust coworkers and...

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What are simple first steps to address this?

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How do you promote Psychological Safety in an organization that is very weary of its own leadership? ie. what is the first place you should try to make an impact?

How do you navigate this subject if HR doesn't see it as an important topic for all employees?

How do millennials in the HR/Employee Engagement space convince the GenX/Boomers+ executives that individuals' mental health matters for the organization to succeed?

How can you set up a framework for having these conversations? Tools that support these conversations once you have made the space is really important.

How do you manage training and reporting for a large staff that is extremely diverse and protect from burnout, toxic environments, bias, and racism?

In your experience, what is the best way to introduce leadership to the concept phycological safety in an effective manner?

As we go back to offices, a lot of companies are going back in a hybrid schedule. How do you best provide equitable practices around psychological safety when you are working with teams that are...

Just wanting to learn more, no particular question.

How can you set up a framework for having these conversations? Tools that support these conversations once you have made the space is really important.

How do we ensure the balance between being inclusive and authentically interested as opposed to intrusive and discriminatory? It seems an impossible line.

Ways to self-assess an organization's environmental toxicity and psychological safety

How can you provide or spark psychological safety as an individual contributor who isn't in a position of "power"?

How does an organization recover from trauma that was induced by a leader?

How do we stress the importance of psychological safety to the C suite and get them on board?

Normalizing mental health and conversation.

How to build innate strength to overcome Trauma as a senior staff?

How do you handle the "abusers" that twist the narrative to make the employees that voice concern into the "at fault" party? When the "abused" is twisted into the "abuser" by the actual "abuser".

How do you think we get away from such "fast-paced environments" that lead to burnout (or build in safety mechanisms), when the nature of businesses has changed so drastically that we need to be...

What's your advice on building psychological safety for team members who are close to retirement and feel like they would be rocking the boat if they gave they shared their true feelings about work?

How can we make sure we are providing psychological safety in a hybrid workplace?

Tips for combating toxic environments created by long tenured employees resistant to change?

How do you have the difficult conversations with leaders who don't believe they have the time to action psychological safety in the workplace, or worse, are unaware of their culpability in...

How do you know when psychological safety exists?

What's the best way to assess what your organization does well and where improvement is needed related to psychological safety? Once needs have been identified, any tips for making the case for...

What kind of training do you recommend for frontline supervisors on how to respond to an employee's disclosure of a traumatic workplace experience, beyond the standard "refer them to HR"?

I do we encourage leaders to be authentic when approaching these topics?

How does one shed effects of a toxic workplace from a previous job?

What is the best practice for "navigating workplace trauma through psychological safety" for fully remote companies?

I have no specific question but look forward to the webinar!

How do you deal with situations that trigger past situations of workplace trauma?

How best can we help colleagues to identify when they've experienced previous workplace trauma that is possibly resulting in current workplace issues of trust? How can we best support their growth...

what role can affinity groups (ERGs) play in creating psychological safety for staff?

How do you recover from employee's workplace trauma when it negatively effects company culture/reputation?

How do we help managers understand how essential psychological safety is to being a productive team?

how to balance psychological safety with toxic leadership

How can I support managers to understand the critical need for psychological safety - especially those working at a frenzied pace and don't prioritize much beyond what is in front of them at the moment?

we face families who may have dealt with extreme medical trauma, how can we help them and care for ourselves too?

How does trauma in the workplace intersect with "toxic" work cultures?

Any best practices to share around tough conversations?

How can managers and leaders become trauma informed leaders? What practical strategies would you recommend to get them started on becoming trauma informed?

How can I as a HR professional be supported through this process. We are there for everyone else, but who is there for us. Coping with trauma and its effects on everyone else is difficult and...

Excited for this talk!

No in Particular, looking for ways to work through some myself.

Hi! How can I encourage psychological safety, and support difficult conversations in my organization, when I am not a manager, or if my manager is not comfortable with it? Thanks!

A leader in my company gets fired up about doing something about a toxic bully in the company, then backs down every time. How can I support her ?

How do you set the best tone & boundaries when you start a new job?

How do you work with those who have experienced workplace trauma in other workplaces and haven't worked through it by the time they come to you, and end up projecting those experiences onto your...

For people who have experienced workplace trauma as a result of burnout from not establishing firm boundaries, is there a specific, repeatable process you would recommend to these people to help...

As a leader, what are some ways to modify my own behaviour to ensure I’m not inflicting trauma and what are some ways to address trauma inflicted by others in the organization.

all my questions are posted

How can one help an employee who is so burnt out that they are apathetic and are exhibiting presenteeism?

How to know when someone needs help and How to help someone without making them feel conscious ?

cohort-based training and coaching

How do you measure psychological safety in the workplace?

Nothing in particular.

How do you talk with a current manager about previous workplace trauma and its lasting impact on you and your thinking?

How are companies addressing these issues on an ongoing basis if allowing a hybrid workforce?

What are your recommendations around creating a non-blame culture, where employees are not intimidated to take risk?

Are there any event ideas, virtual gatherings or facilitation of trainings that you would recommend for encouraging a psychologically safe environment to work in?

Best practices for helping an employee overcome their trauma from a previous workplace

How would you recommend handling what has turned into a toxic situation when someone with unresolved trauma takes out their aggression on you to the point of infecting your work presence (like...

Any ideas for engaging or activating the disengaged (people who refuse to be anywhere near a diversity, equity or inclusion initiative, even when the employer is dedicated to changing)? A lot of...

How do we start the process to make a more psychologically safe space in a genuine, natural way that doesn't scream "HR" initiative?

How do you foster an environment and culture focused on psychological safety, especially when it comes to cross-functional conflicts? How do you get executives to understand the importance of...

Learning more about workplace trauma.

Where do you start, simple steps to create psychological safety in the workplace

Are you going to address the collective trauma of the pandemic? How do we collectively shift away from our pandemic culture of urgency and emergency?

How might an organization differentiate establishing psychological safety with new employees and long term staff members?

What are some tactical contributions we can make to encourage psychological safety? What resources if any would you recommend for a training on psychological safety? How do we get people to take...

No matter how much work we do in this space, the reality is that there will always be people who don't feel that same level of psychological safety and who won't feel comfortable raising issues or...

What actionable ways I can make my workplace more psychologically safe?

What are tips for creating a psychologically safe workplace starting day 1?

How can I make sure that my approach to whole employee wellness is a trauma-informed approach?

How do I keep my team motivated when everyone is exhausted?

Would love to hear how to best approach this topic for a small org (about 20 people).

What questions can be asked on surveys to measure psychological safety? How can it be quantified?

How do we balance personal relationship building among professional teams in a way that will not be problematic for those strugglingb with psychological trauma such as social anxiety, maybe sexual...

I would rather just listen!

Curious to know what research has been done in the work of organizational psychology with respect to workplace trauma and what we have learnt from it.

How do you overcome white supremacist cultural values to create safe space?

How do you balance your own needs with more “rigid” capitalist-driven corporate structures where conversations about healing are not generally welcome ?

What steps would you take in rebuilding a team that had a bad leader and left the team with mistrust for other leaders?