A Transform Your Practice offering

Belonging is where psychological safety begins, not where it ends.

Being welcomed in matters. What matters just as much is what happens once we are there: whether we feel safe to learn out loud, to contribute what we actually think, to collaborate without guarding ourselves, and to challenge the way things have always been done.

Many teams stop at belonging. People feel included, but they still hold back the question that would reveal what they don’t know, the idea that might not land, the concern that might cost them. That holding back is where mistakes go unnamed, harm goes unaddressed and good people quietly disengage.

Over two days in Whistler, and drawing on Timothy R. Clark’s four stages of psychological safety, we look at all four: belonging, learning, collaboration and challenge. We explore what makes each one possible, what quietly shuts it down, and what we can each do, whatever our role, to build teams where people say what they see sooner and are met well when they do.

What we will look at

• How power moves through a team
• What happens in our nervous systems during conflict
• Why people go quiet, and what their silence is telling us
• Building teams where getting it wrong is invited, so mistakes become part of how we learn rather than something we hide
• The steps it takes to repair when trust has been broken
• Meeting difficult conversations involving disclosures, boundaries and accountability

What you will leave with

• A 30-day plan for going back to work: one practice you will start, one pattern you will interrupt, and a clear measure so you can tell whether the shift is working.
• A way to see how power moves through a team: who speaks first, who gets interrupted, whose ideas get credited, and what that tells you about who feels safe.
• Questions to ask when a team goes quiet, so silence becomes information rather than something you assume means agreement.
• Tools to recognize fawning, freezing and flight when they are operating in team meetings and conversations, in yourself and in the people around you.
• A way to see when trust has been eroding within a team, and strategies for beginning a repair process grounded in the principles of Nonviolent Communication.

Optional half day, March 6

For those who want to go further, an optional half day offers immersive small group work. It is an additional cost, with details and pricing to follow.

Details

• Series: Transform Your Practice series.
• Dates: Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5, 2027
• Location: Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, BC
• Included: breakfast and lunch on both days. Dinner and lodging are on your own.

Investment

All rates are in Canadian dollars. GST is added at checkout.

Paying by credit card? Stripe, the company that processes card payments, adds its own processing fee at checkout on top of GST. That fee is collected by Stripe, not by us.

Prefer to avoid the card fee? You can pay by e-transfer to admin@myrnamccallum.co with the password “loveback”. Include your full name and “Psychological Safety in the Workplace” in the message.

• Founding rate: $2,299 + GST, through October 31
• Early bird: $2,699 + GST, through December 15
• Standard rate: $2,999 + GST

Bringing your team: once two seats from your organization are confirmed, every additional seat is $300 off. A team of four saves $600, a team of five saves $900. Invoicing is available for organizations. To book as a team, email admin@myrnamccallum.co.

Need an invoice for your organization? Choose Pay by invoice or cheque at checkout. Your registration is recorded and your seat is held right away, and we email your invoice within two business days.

Payment plan: a $999 + GST deposit holds your seat at the rate in effect that day, with the balance paid in installments by January 15. Deposits are non-refundable and can be transferred to a colleague. For a deposit, a payment plan or an invoice, email admin@myrnamccallum.co.

Seating is limited, so the room stays intimate enough for everyone to share. Whistler accommodations fill early, so we encourage you to book your stay as soon as you register.

Questions? Reach us at admin@myrnamccallum.co