#1 Factor for Effective Teams
Teams that live in fear falter. Teams that are empowered, thrive. A Google Study determined that the #1 factor for thriving teams is a culture of psychological safety.
Psychological safety is simply when team members confidently inquire, make mistakes, contribute and challenge ideas.
The Psychological Safety PLAYshop is the ultimate team bonding workshop! Through it's immersive games and content, teams will come together to foster a better understanding of inclusion, contribution and failure. Participants will learn to build a culture of trust, understanding and calculated risks to maximize team potential!
Objective: Maximizing team potential by allowing team members to confidently inquire, make mistakes, contribute, and challenge ideas.
For Teams That Are
- Solve complex issues and problems
- Rely on strong communication to execute
- Are diverse & have many different points of view
Skills Used For
- Enhancing ideation and innovation
- Empowering team members
- Improving team communication, collaboration & problem solving
- Teaching modern leadership
Psychological Safety PLAYshop Outline
Intro: FOP Intro, How We’ll Learn, Aha’s Woohoo’s & Huh’s.
Opening Activity: Yes Lets! What is Psych Safety? Why Important? Fear vs. Psych Safety
Big Idea: Psychological Safety is ensuring it’s not expensive to be yourself.
LEVEL 1:
Inclusion Safety (INVITE)
Content: Defined. Myth of Superiority. Be Inviting. Bridging vs. Bonding. Be Inviting! Find the Common Story: We are all HUMAN!
Sample Games: Are You More Like, Weird Clubs, Anybody Else? Quintriplets
Discussion: What myths of superiority might you have? How can you increase inclusion safety & be more inviting on your team(s).
LEVEL 2:
Learner Safety (SHARE)
Content: Defined risks/questions/mistakes without feeling insecure). Learning is vulnerable. Mode or Performance (Fear vs Psych Safety). Embracing Vulnerability. Disconnect fear from failure (joyful failure). Share = transparency + learning
Sample Games: Ask Alexa, Clapparama, Theory Believer/5 Headed Expert, Hotline Bling, Bunny Bunny, Bippity Bop
Discussion: How can you encourage learner safety through embracing vulnerability?
LEVEL 3:
Contributor Safety (ASK)
Content: Defined. Balancing autonomy & guidance, Achievement Cycle, creating contributor safety, coach-accountability matrix. Shift from Tell to Ask.
Sample Games: Consultants. Family Portraits, Pancakes vs Waffles,. Reinvention/Solvers, Shapemakers, Dubbed Movie.
Discussion: How can you create contributor safety on your team?
LEVEL 4:
Challenger Safety (PROTECT)
Content: Defined. Intellectual vs Social Friction. Dialogue vs. Debates. Welcome Dissent. Disruption Question Sequence (Why – What If – How). Cultural Architects
Sample Games: Thing vs Thing, House Flipperz, Why Game, Curiosity, Challengerz
Discussion: How can the team use challenger safety to accelerate common goals?
Playful Finale*: Cup Stacking Challenge - 30+ min guided small team challenge to build the tallest cup stacking - structure possible (with twist instructions!) Teams will learn about creating inclusion & contributor safety while striving towards a common goal. A facilitated discussion around psychological safety, communication & leading by example will follow
Wrap Up: All Playshops include a Recap, Takeaways, and HomePlay!
* PLAYful Finales only available for PLAYshops longer than 3 hours
Pricing*
2 Hours
Groups up to 20 People +$30/additional Person
- 5 - 6 Group Games
- 1 Standard Theme
3 Hours
Groups up to 20 People +$40/additional Person
- 7 - 8 Group Games
- 1 Expanded Theme
- 1 PLAYful Finale
BEST VALUE
4 Hours
Groups up to 20 People +$50/additional Person
- 8 - 10 Group Games
- 1 Robust Theme
- 1 Robust PLAYful Finale
*Discounts for large groups (100+), startups, schools, social enterprises, and non-profits. Let's chat and figure out your needs.
**Customization, travel costs, or location rentals are extra. Reinforcement programs are available at $1000/hr.