# Building PS Upwards

*Jade Garratt · Voice & Silence, Power, Interpersonal Practice*

Addresses the harder problem: fostering psychological safety upward, toward your own manager. Acknowledges the structural difficulty honestly and offers practical approaches for creating space to speak up against the power gradient.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/building-psychological-safety-upwards/
- **Read the full article on psychsafety.com:** https://psychsafety.com/building-psychological-safety-upwards/
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=building-upwards

## Connected concepts (7)

- [An Exploratory Study of Employee Silence: Issues That Employees Don't Communicate Upward and Why](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/milliken-morrison-hewlin-2003.md) (paper)
- [Speaking Up and Speaking Out: The Leadership Dynamics of Voice in Organizations](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ashford-sutcliffe-christianson-2009.md) (paper)
- [Reducing Power Gradients](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reducing-power-gradients.md)
- [Being Approachable](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/being-approachable.md)
- [STREAM](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/st-r-e-a-m-status-rules-everything-around-me.md)
- [1-1 Meetings & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-77-1-1-meetings.md)
- [PACE Assertiveness](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/pace-graded-assertiveness.md)