Psychological safety for teams

Your team doesn’t say everything it thinks.
We make visible what is missing.

Start right here · 10 questions · 5 minutes · free · no account

The team check shows in 5 minutes where leadership and team see things differently. Then the Psychological Safety Season guides you for twelve months. It follows the method of Prof. Dr. Utho Creusen and Murk Creusen.

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For coaches
Team check · Question 1 of 10

A newer team member spots a problem with a plan proposed by an experienced colleague. What typically happens?

Afterwards, everyone on the team answers on their own.

"You could feel the difference after a few weeks."
Jörg Ehlen — CEO · Speyer & Grund
Prof. Dr. Utho CreusenMurk CreusenBook at Springer GablerData in the EU
01MeasureThe team check shows the gap
02Keep goingA chapter a month, a weekly ritual
03SeeFour re-measurements a year
From the field

What leaders who have worked with it say.

Nikita Schick
"We got to Performing much faster."

We tried the methods right in the team. The long Storming phase I know from other teams never came.

Nikita SchickManaging Director · TechHub by efs
Dr. Alexander Frech
"Finally I can talk about soft skills with numbers."

Especially when things get hectic, everyone now knows who does what and which rules apply.

Dr. Alexander FrechCEO · Symporo Culinary Group
Jörg Ehlen
"You could feel the difference after a few weeks."

We now hand out tasks based on who they suit. Working together has clearly got better.

Jörg EhlenCEO · Speyer & Grund
Mathias Tholey
"We finally have words for what each of us is good at."

There is less friction, and as a leadership team we move a lot faster.

Mathias TholeyCo-Founder & CEO · the nu company
Why strengths

Teams that use their strengths deliver measurably more.

10–19%

More sales

In 90% of workgroups

14–29%

More profit

In 90% of workgroups

6×

More likely engaged

People who use their strengths daily

Water the flowers, not the rocks.Source: Gallup

Gallup, CliftonStrengths Meta-Analysis: 43 studies, 49,495 business units in 45 countries. Workgroups with strengths-based development compared with control groups. “6×”: Gallup, “How Employees’ Strengths Make Your Company Stronger”. The figures describe strengths-based development in general, not results of this platform. All sources →

Who is behind it

Utho and Murk Creusen.

A method from leadership practice. It became a book, a platform and a training for coaches.

Book cover: The Strength Hack: In 4 Wochen zum Höchstleistungsteam (Springer Gabler)The Strength Hack: In 4 Wochen zum HöchstleistungsteamSpringer Gabler · the book on the method (in German)To the book at the publisher
Prof. Dr. Utho Creusen

Prof. Dr. Utho Creusen

Method originator and co-author

Spent 30 years in the leadership of large retail companies, on the board of OBI AG and in the management of the Media-Saturn-Holding. Since then he has supported more than 1,000 leaders and teams as an advisor and coach. The method grew out of this practice.

Murk Creusen

Murk Creusen

Founder of the platform and co-author

Executive coach for leadership teams, among others at msg and in mid-sized companies. He turned the method into a platform that makes strengths, collaboration and psychological safety in a team measurable.

30
Years in leadershipOBI board, Media-Saturn
1,000+
Leaders accompaniedProf. Dr. Utho Creusen
2006
Corporate AwardGallup International Positive Psychology Institute
For teams

A year of support for your whole team.

A chapter every month, a short ritual every week. And someone who follows up between meetings.

  • The team check

    Everyone answers on their own, 5 minutes. You see where leadership and team read the room differently. That is your starting point.

  • Twelve chapters

    One narrated chapter a month, each ending in one real team action.

  • A weekly ritual

    A 10-second anonymous pulse keeps the topic alive between meetings.

  • Four re-measurements

    In months 3, 6, 9 and 12 your score history shows whether anything has moved.

  • Guidance, if you want it

    Kickoff, half-time and finale with the founder or a certified coach.

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JRAKMTSPCNRe-measurement Month 3
Chapter 3 of 12This week

The team’s weekly ritual

Example view of the Season
For coaches

From workshop to annual engagement.

01

Method and certificate

You learn the method live in a cohort and then run it with a real client team.

02

Platform instead of prep

The platform measures, reminds and prepares sessions.

03

A ready-made sales kit

Your own team check, templates and a webinar kit to get started.

The next cohort is being planned. The webinar is the best way in.

FAQ

Good to know.

Season and pricing
What is psychological safety?

The shared sense in a team that questions, mistakes and dissent can be voiced without being put down for it. Psychological safety is not harmony. In a safe team, people can say difficult things and still work well together afterwards.

What does the Season cost?

The Season (12 months, up to 5 seats) costs from €2,990 / year excl. VAT; with guidance €4,190 / year excl. VAT. Quarterly payment is possible and a little more expensive over the year. The team check beforehand is free.

Do we need a coach for it?

No. The Season runs digitally, with chapters, rituals and measurements. If you want a person in the room, you can book guidance from us or from a certified coach.

Data and research
Where is our data stored?

In the EU. Some services (e.g. sign-in) are also processed by Google in the USA; the privacy policy names details and exact locations. Coaches only see what you share.

What does the method build on?

On more than 25 years of team research. Amy Edmondson (Harvard) showed that teams only learn when they can speak openly. Google’s Project Aristotle found psychological safety to be the most important factor of successful teams. Timothy R. Clark’s four stages (belong, learn, contribute, challenge) serve as the season’s map. Add to that Utho Creusen’s practice with more than 1,000 leaders.

For coaches
How do I get certified?

Through a cohort: you book your place directly or talk to Murk for 30 minutes first. In the cohort you experience the Season live and run it with your own practice team. The certificate is a certificate of The Strength Hack, not a state qualification.