Among Google's psychological-safety actions, managers are advised to invite the team to challenge the manager's perspective and push back.

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Google's psychological-safety actions advise managers to show confidence and conviction without appearing inflexible. Related actions include managing team discussions, using a clear and audible voice in a team setting, supporting and representing the team, inviting the team to challenge the manager's perspective, modeling vulnerability, and encouraging risk-taking.

Manager Confidence Without Inflexibility as a Psychological-Safety Practice

Google re:Work public document with manager actions for fostering psychological safety through engagement, understanding, inclusion, interpersonal awareness, and decision-making. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PsnDMS2emcPLgMLFAQCXZjO7C4j2hJ7znOq_g2Zkjgk/export?format=html

Google re:Work: Manager Actions for Psychological Safety

Inviting the Team to Challenge the Manager's Perspective

Google re:Work advises managers to model vulnerability by sharing their personal perspective on work and failures. It also advises managers to encourage teammates to take risks and to demonstrate risk-taking in their own work.

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