The questionnaire How psychologically safe is this team?  provides a useful resource for assessing how psychologically safe you and your colleagues feel within your team environment.

This questionnaire has been designed to reveal the differences within a team in how psychologically safe people feel, as studies have shown it is very closely related to team performance. When team members feel psychologically safe, they are more likely to offer ideas or ask questions that can lead to better solutions. It’s common for a few people in a team to feel they can speak up and be authentic, and for others to feel very differently. The latter won’t reveal their feelings and perceptions openly – but they will do so in an anonymous questionnaire – as long as they are assured their answers remain confidential.

You can use the questionnaire in a number of ways:

● To assess everyone in the team to gauge the current team position (or track the position over time when repeated)

● Use it by yourself to get a sense of how psychologically safe you feel in your team

● Use it by yourself as a prompt for reflective thinking prior to attending training

The results within a team may show significant differences. Sharing these with the team creates the opportunity to discuss how to ensure everyone feels they can be their authentic selves when working in the team. To use with a team, best practice is that the responses remain anonymous – so the issuance or collation should be managed by someone independent (like HR or a Team Coach).

You may download and use this questionnaire How psychologically safe is this team? subject to international copyright law and the following notice:
Copyright Coaching and Mentoring International, all rights reserved. Limited non-commercial usage will normally be permitted (for example – personal use, usage within your team at work or incidental use by a coach with their individual client or team – in all cases there must be no direct or indirect financial gain). Wider commercial usage is strictly forbidden without a licence (for example usage across your organisation or by a coaches’ client organisation, the redistribution or reselling or any other form of monetisation). Enquiries for licensing should be sent to info@clutterbuck-cmi.com