Building Psychological Safety for High-Performing Teams

Foster psychological safety as the foundation of trust, resilience and results

Psychological safety is a core driver of high-performing teams. When people feel safe, they take informed risks, share ideas, and rely on each other.

But creating this culture isn’t a given – it starts with leaders.

Many team members stay silent out of fear of judgment or rejection. A recent Gallup poll found only 3 in 10 employees felt their opinions counted whilst comcare confirmed that more than one-third (36 per cent) of all claims from Australian Government workers are for psychological injury.

A lack of psychological safety at work has real service delivery and integrity-based repercussions.

Investing in psychological safety isn’t just an option in today’s public sector – it’s a necessity. This is especially true given the challenges of managing hybrid teams, navigating staff shortages and the imperative to transform culture to foster integrity and encourage staff to speak up.

Ready to build a workplace where everyone thrives? Attend this course to learn how to cultivate a psychologically safe environment and foster a high-performing, pro-integrity culture.

Kate Diggle

Founder, The Workplace Therapist

Kate Diggle is an experienced trainer and registered therapist with a warm, down-to-earth style. Through her business, The Workplace Therapist, she brings over a decade of experience supporting individuals and teams to improve communication, psychological safety, and wellbeing.

Kate combines clinical insight, practical, evidence-based tools and a good sense of humour to deliver engaging training, coaching, and group therapy. Whether she’s running leadership workshops, resolving workplace conflict, or supporting neurodivergent employees, Kate’s approach is grounded in empathy, systems thinking, and a deep belief in people’s capacity to grow.

Who will attend

This masterclass has been designed for all leaders in the public sector committed to building psychological safety within their teams to drive high performance, engagement and retention.

Whether you’re new to psychological safety concepts and frameworks or want to build on the foundations, it will give you the skills to translate ideas into practice.

It is suitable for emerging and existing leaders.