Ep:#79 Dr Amanda Potter on setting people and companies up for success
What does it mean to create an environment for success at a company? How do companies often get it wrong? What happens and what does that look like? Psychological safety is a key ingredient for businesses and teams to be able to improve, innovate and progress. People need to feel free to speak honestly and feel supported enough to come up with new ideas; without that freedom, new innovative solutions and problem solving is less likely to happen. And that is exactly what we’re going to be talking about today. Dr Amanda Potter is an award-winning Chartered Psychologist, Leadership/ Executive Coach and a Certified Principal Business Psychologist with over 25 years' experience. She has been working with C-suite and senior executives to enable them to drive strategic success – and today she shares her stories and knowledge of working in the area of talent strategy. We hear about her experience which is rooted in leadership in crisis, resilience, Psychological Safety and belonging. Amanda will tell us about the neuroscience of resilience and positivity and how that impacts cultures at organisations. She'll let us in on some tips on how we can all just simply feel better. And she tells us about the contributors to low psych safety, the watch outs, and what different types of organisations need to look out for. I ask her for insights on the difference in the various cultures that her company works with, but also the difference between sectors. Amanda’s reflection on psych safety in a culture like the police force is really interesting. She then leaves us with some top tips on what to do to create more connection between team members - and you'll even get a great exercise that you can use for future team events. Many of us know the importance of creating connection, trust and safe spaces to work - but knowing this is one thing. Being able to do it is another. If you’re keen to dig deeper on all of this, please join me for this fascinating conversation with Amanda. So grab that favourite beverage or throw on those running shoes, and here is Dr Amanda Potter. Please don’t forget to let us know what you think of this episode, leave a review and subscribe. If you would like to be reminded of future podcasts and other inspiring stories from TIE, join our newsletter here. If you would like to pre-order my book Return on Humanity: Leadership lessons from all corners of the earth, you can do that here. If you would like to listen to the Chief Psychology Officer Podcast by Dr Amanda Potter, you can listen here.