Safety Build Agile Teams

Organizational stability gives people confidence, security, and optimism during disruptive change. Organizational stability allows employees to keep calm, act, and adapt as the situation evolves.

Leaders can create stability through psychological safety. Leaders should be welcoming and try out new suggestions and ideas. They can also use failure as a teachable moment, avoiding blame and harvesting lessons about what worked and didn’t.

Dedicated time in weekly recap meetings for these teachable moments can help get the word out. Besides, it’s more important than ever during disruptive change that leaders take extra time to check on their people.

A good rule of thumb is to “check-in” before you “check on.” First, ask how the person you’ve called is doing and how their family is doing. Only then ask how their work is going and how you can help them cope.

A leader in building an Agile Team should commit to organizational stability.