Psychological Safety Field Guide — Salomons.Coach
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Psychological Safety
Is Not What Most
Leaders Think It Is

Six misconceptions that quietly undermine team performance — and what to actually do about them. A practical reference for leaders who want to get this right.

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Psychological Safety Field Guide
6 Misconceptions · Prevent · Recover · 4R Check
  • 01 It means being nice
  • 02 It means getting your way
  • 03 It means job security
  • 04 It requires a trade-off with performance
  • 05 It's a policy
  • 06 It requires a top-down approach
▲ Prevent ↺ Recover 4R Leadership Check
35+ Years management experience
20+ Years as leadership coach
6 Misconceptions addressed
4R Leadership framework

A practical reference for real leadership conversations

Psychological safety has become one of the most used — and most misunderstood — concepts in leadership today. This guide gives you the tools to cut through the confusion: what each misconception actually costs, how to prevent it from taking root, and how to recover when it already has.

  • Six misconceptions, each with a prevention strategy and a recovery move
  • The 4R Leadership Check — four questions to calibrate where you actually stand
  • Available in both PDF and editable Word format
  • Based on Amy Edmondson's HBR research, interpreted through 20+ years of executive coaching practice
  • Designed for use in coaching sessions, team reviews, or personal reflection
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Jan Salomons
Executive Coach & Leadership Advisor · Veldhoven / Amsterdam

With over 35 years of management experience and 20 years as a leadership coach, Jan Salomons works with senior leaders and teams navigating complexity, organizational change, and high-stakes decision-making. His 4R Model — Reflect, Reset, Re-Align, Rise — forms the backbone of his coaching approach, applied across individual, team, and organizational contexts.

He is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and has designed and led leadership development programs for executives across Europe.

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