Safe Enough to Soar, Frederick A. Miller
Safe Enough to Soar, Frederick A. Miller
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Safe Enough to Soar
Accelerating Trust, Inclusion, & Collaboration in the Workplace

Author: Frederick A. Miller, Judith H. Katz, Deb Dagit, Hal Yoh

Narrator: Natalie Hoyt

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/06/2018


Synopsis

Bestselling authors and renowned diversity consultants Fred Miller and Judith Katz bring their long-awaited new book that shows any manager or member of a team how to create safe environments for everyone in their company.

Do you feel safe enough at work to share your ideas, thoughts, and experiences? Raise tough issues? Deal with conflicts? Do your best work? 

Many people feel unsafe in work interactions. They hold back, hesitate, and make themselves smaller out of fear of ridicule or retribution. The lack of safety is why new ideas and new people often have such a hard time succeeding in today's organizations, and directly contribute to why stress levels are so high. Many people have the skills they need to do their best work and the ideas to solve problems but lack the safety to apply them. This book describes what constitutes a safe environment and the actions-by both leaders and team members-necessary to create collaborative, inclusive workplaces in which people feel safe enough to be their best selves. Written in plain, everyday language, Safe Enough to Soar identifies the default mindsets and behaviors that create hostile work environments and block collaboration, engagement, partnership, and the acceptance of new ideas and new people. Expert authors Fred Miller and Judith Katz chart a simple, step-by-step process that will enable organization's individuals, work-groups, and teams to skip past the dysfunctional mire of defensiveness, micro-aggressions, cover-your-ass compromises, and judging, and launch them into the innovation-inspiring, collaboration-fostering zone of organizational bravery. When people feel safe enough to act and interact, they step up, speak up, and fully engage...and they and their organizations spread their wings and soar.

About Frederick A. Miller

Frederick
A. Miller is CEO of the
Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc., whose clients include many Fortune 100
companies, governmental agencies, and not-for-profits. He is coauthor with
Judith H. Katz of The Inclusion
Breakthrough and Be BIG. The
authors were named Legends of Diversity by the International Society of
Diversity and Inclusion Practitioners in 2011.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abby on August 22, 2022

This quick read highlights four levels of trust and inclusion that can be found at a workplace: "On Your Own", "Lip Service", "Islands of Safety", and "Way of Life". Companies progress from Level 1 to Level 4 as they become more collaborative and equitable. The combination of clear progression path......more