1st Edition

Building One Team Cultivating Psychological Safety and Behaviors for Healthy Teams

224 Pages 67 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 67 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Building One Team: Cultivating Psychological Safety and Behaviors for Healthy Teams offers a practical and research-backed roadmap to cultivating psychological safety and strengthening the behavioral dynamics that shape healthy, high-performing teams. Drawing on research in the construction industry — a sector known for its high-stress, high-stakes environments — the book explores what it... Read more

1. Diving into Psychological Safety as a Team.  2. Go Back to Basics: Respect for People.  3. Cultivate the Mindset: Active Learning.  4. Let Teams Flourish: Active Caring.  5. A Harmonious Blend: Speaking Up and Active Listening.  6. Follow Through Together: Make Reliable Promises.  7. Grow as One: From Reflection to Transformation.  8. Guide the Way: Leading the Conditions.  

Biography

Dr. Sulyn Gomez Villanueva brings together expertise in psychological safety, team dynamics, and Lean construction through her work at DPR Construction. In her recent work with DPR’s Self-Perform-Work team, she has focused on developing processes and resources that create stronger pathways for craftworker voice, participation, and recognition—helping ensure craftworkers are heard, engaged, and treated as integral members of the project team. 

Dr. Glenn Ballard is a Research Associate with the Project Production Systems Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-founded the International Group for Lean Construction and the Lean Construction Institute, and developed the Last Planner System, a widespread planning approach on Lean projects. He has played a foundational role in adapting Lean thinking to project delivery and has profoundly shaped the theory and practice of Lean in the construction industry.