The Power of a Speak-Up Culture with Stephen Shedletzky

Have you established a speak-up culture as a leader in your organization? For teams and organizations to thrive, it’s crucial to create a speak-up culture where everyone feels psychologically safe to share their ideas, concerns, feedback, and vulnerabilities.

In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Stephen Shedletzky, or “Shed,” about the positive impact of speak-up culture on teams and organizations. Shed is a sought-after speaker, coach, and advisor and has led hundreds of keynote presentations, workshops, and leadership development programs around the world. He helps leaders listen and nurture the voice of others and supports humble leaders who put their people and purpose first, all while knowing they are both a part of the problems they experience and part of the solutions they seek to create. As a thought-leader on psychological safety in the workplace, he works with leaders in all industries where human beings work. His latest book is called Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step Up.

Listen in to learn about the hard work that goes into psychological safety and its importance for safety, performance, and innovation in organizations. You will also learn how to be a better leader by studying leadership behaviors, getting constant feedback, and committing to leadership practice.

Key Takeaways:

• Understanding why leaders aren’t born or made but chosen based on the way they behave.
• The importance of the speak-up culture and how leaders can create a speak-up culture through encouraging and rewarding.
• How to provide coaching and feedback on behavior and the impact of speak-up culture even as you reward the intent.
• How to stay committed to your leadership practice and search and find leaders you’d want to follow and work for.

Standout Quotes:

• “Leadership cannot be claimed, it must be earned; culture cannot be declared, it must be lived.”- Shed [13:27]
• “Wherever you are in your leadership development journey, the fact that you’re committing to a leadership development journey, that’s good news.”- Shed [32:21]
• “Oftentimes, leaders display toxic deleterious behaviors because they don’t know better and they’re struggling really badly.”- Shed [35:07] 

⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/StephenShedletzky

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