Why you SHOULD NOT support 'safe spaces' in the work environment.
Positive Leadership with Dr. Dave MartinShow Notes
Last Saturday, I listened to a leadership podcast where I heard a Human Resources manager talk about the importance of developing 'safe spaces' at work.
Safe spaces at work? That's kind of a scary idea.
In what is sure to be one of my more controversial podcasts, I make an impassioned case against this idea of 'safe spaces' in the workplace. They don't help anyone face the brutal fact that the work environment can be brutal and tough sometimes, just like life. Creating 'safe spaces' only encourages people to flee from their problems rather than face up to them and overcome them.
Leaders don't need to create 'safe spaces.' Leaders must encourage their people to grow, adapt, be resilient, face their problems, and overcome them.
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