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Whether you are new to psychological safety or want to develop specific relational skills, you can choose a single session that fits your needs. The right starting point for anyone wanting to opt in for one workshop at a time.
- Introductory session: what psychological safety is and why it matters
- Relational skill workshops: communication, self-reflection and more
- Development of relational skills
- How to recognise the presence and absence of psychological safety
- Practical steps you can take immediately
For organisations and groups ready to go deeper. Sustained work that builds a shared language, develops practical skills, and supports teams to assess and improve the psychological safety of their environment.
- Building shared language across the environment
- Assessing current levels of psychological safety
- Developing tools for coaches, staff and leaders
- Creating conditions for sustainable performance
Keynote and conference talks for sporting organisations, schools, academies, and sector events. Drawing on research and lived experience, these sessions are designed to shift the conversation and make psychological safety tangible and relevant to the room.
- Evidence-based and practically grounded
- Tailored to the audience and context
- Designed to provoke reflection and action
Not sure which fits? Every environment is different. Creating Space will work with you to design something that meets your specific needs, whether that is a one-off session, a series, or something ongoing.
- Flexible format and delivery
- Designed around your environment
- Available in-person or remotely
Who we work with
Psychological safety belongs to the whole ecosystem
Everyone inside a sporting and organisational environment has a role in creating it.
- 1AthletesUnderstanding their right to feel safe, to speak up, and what to do when they don't.
- 2CoachesDeveloping the awareness, language and tools to create safety without lowering standards.
- 3ParentsUnderstanding their influence on their child's experience of sport and how to support rather than undermine it.
- 4OrganisationsEmbedding psychological safety into culture across sport and corporate environments, through role modelling behaviours and values to make it everyday practice.
- 5Directors of SportDirectors of Sport have a dual role: experiencing psychological safety for themselves so they can lead with clarity and confidence, and actively fostering it for the teams and environments they oversee. This is about using psychological safety to build effective, sustainable cultures from the inside out.