Group decision making

The influence of groups on individual behavior, productivity, and well-being can have both positive and negative effects. This month, we talk about group dynamics that affect decision making, and how you can cultivate healthy environments for team discussions.

Webinars

On-demand EAP resources to support facilitation
of healthy group decision making. Visit EAP webinars 
for more topics.

Creating Psychological Safety in Work Teams

65 minutes

Get strategies and resources to support your workgroup and navigate workplace transition.

Emotional Intelligence

37 minutes

Emotional intelligence describes the ability to understand one's own feelings, and that of groups, and how these emotions can influence motivation and behavior.

Research & Resources

What Is Psychological Safety at Work? (Center for Creative Leadership). "These 8 steps will help leaders build greater psychological safety in the workplace, so their teams are more successful and engaged."

The Group Matters: A Review of the Effects of Group Interaction on Processes and Outcomes in Analytic Teams (rand.org). Whitepaper on common process "losses" in groups—including those covered in this month's feature article—and approaches for improving those processes.

Building a psychologically safe workplace (TEDx video). Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, shares her work with teams on psychological safety. (12 mins)

How can managers prevent burnout? Center equity, Gallup says (HR Dive). " 3 in 10 U.S. workers surveyed by Gallup said that they are burned out. Employees who reported feeling discriminated against in the previous 12 months were more than twice as likely to report high levels of burnout."

Middle Managers Are Exhausted. Top Teams Need to Listen. (mit.edu). Four solutions to "help organizations implement that can serve as a guide for companies looking to close the exhaustion gap for people managers."