“A policy can change what an organization is allowed to do without changing what people believe they are safe to do.”

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“The absence of employee voice is not always a communication problem. Sometimes it is a consequence of what the organization has taught people about the cost of speaking.”

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“Culture is often revealed less by what an organization says it values than by what its systems consistently reward.”
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“When employees stop speaking up, the problem is not always communication. Sometimes the organization has repeatedly taught them that speaking carries a cost—socially, professionally or politically.”

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“Psychological safety is not created by telling employees that they can speak freely. It is created by what happens after someone actually disagrees, raises a concern or delivers bad news.”

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“Culture is often revealed less by what an organization says it values than by what its systems consistently reward.”
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“Employees don't only calculate whether speaking up is right. They also calculate what speaking up will cost them. That calculation is shaped by what they have previously watched happen to other people.”

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“A policy can change what an organization is allowed to do without changing what people believe they are safe to do.”

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“Training can establish knowledge. It cannot, by itself, establish trust. The real test of a compliance system is what an employee believes will happen after they use it.”

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“Organizations don't need to tell people what matters when their reward systems are already telling them. Employees learn priorities by watching what gets promoted, protected, measured and rewarded.”

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“Leaders often ask for honest information without examining whether their systems make honesty safe. The quality of information at the top is partly a consequence of what happens to the people who deliver it.”

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