# Top 10 Ways to Foster PS

*Tom Geraghty · Interpersonal Practice, Voice & Silence, Power*

A practitioner-led synthesis of the top ten (10) most effective approaches to fostering psychological safety, drawn from years of workshop and consultancy experience across healthcare, aviation, education and technology. The ten: levelling power gradients; establishing shared norms; effective listening and giving space; clear and compassionate communication; rewarding speaking up; framing work as experiments; practising retrospectives and futurespectives; addressing persistent problematic behaviour; embracing differences; and accepting human error as normal. Each is grounded in empirical evidence and situated in the reality that psychological safety looks different across contexts — there is no cookie-cutter version. One of the most widely-shared and practically-oriented articles on the site.

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## Connected concepts (11)

- [Calculus of Voice](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-calculus-of-voice.md)
- [How We Respond](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/how-we-respond-matters.md)
- [Local Rationality](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/local-rationality.md)
- [Not Same for Everyone](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-isnt-the-same-for-everyone.md)
- [Reducing Power Gradients](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reducing-power-gradients.md)
- [Barriers to PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/barriers-to-psychological-safety.md)
- [HOP Core Principles](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-core-principles-of-human-organisational-performance.md)
- [Practices that Foster PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/practices-that-foster-psychological-safety.md)
- [Psychological Safety 101 Course](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-101-course.md)
- [Team Charters](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-80-team-charters.md)
- [Retrospectives](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-power-of-retrospectives-in-building-psychological-safety.md)