[guest2143]

Anyone have an example of taking a low functioning team to a high functioning one? Building trust, changing culture.

It's one thing to just say "here's the ideal". And another to say if you're in a sub-optimal place, "just leave."

But how to change a poor habit place into a good habit place.

I don't think bad habits really go away, they get drowned out by the better habits. I think the same is true of teams. But, IMHE, improvement has been hard to come by.

I'd love to hear your stories.

[bradlys]

I presume most people here at still ICs, so I don’t think there is anything you can really do except get into a leadership position and change it yourself.

The best thing I’ve done for psychological safety is by creating groups within the team that are willing to share feedback with each other. As long as there isn’t a bad manager involved or people who are incentivized to sabotage work, we do okay. But, ultimately, it’s unproductive and we all end up looking for new jobs in the end anyway.

I’ll admit I haven’t had every manager in the world but it feels like the manager ultimately decides the psychological safety of the team in the end. If they want it to be unsafe, you can’t do anything about it.