1. Leadership Humility and Psychological Safety Applied Research Drake University ~Kelli Lorenzen~ August 24 th, 2012

2. Purpose of This Study The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of leadership humility on the feeling of psychological safety of employees in the workforce. Specifically, to explore the views people harbor on personal humility in leaders and the relationship with psychological safety in the work environment.

3. Key Definitions

4. Psychological Safety

5. Personal Humility

6. Leadership

7. Four simple questions…( right?) 1. What is the relationship between supportive supervisory relations and psychological safety? 2. What is the relationship between leadership humility and employee psychological safety? 3. Is personal humility seen as strength in leaders? 4. What are the characteristics of a leader you view as humble?

8. THE STUDY… Research design & Methods

9. MIXED METHODS:

10. Population & Sample

11. Data Collection & Transfer

12. Data Cleaning

13. *Supervisory Behavior *Supervisory Relations *Psychological Safety *Humility in Leaders

14. …. The Results….

15. The relationship between Supportive Supervisory Relations & Psychological Safety Correlations Supportive Supervisory Relations Psychological Safety Supportive Supervisory Relations Pearson Correlation 1.525 ** Sig. (2-tailed).000 N196 Psychological Safety Pearson Correlation.525 ** 1 Sig. (2-tailed).000 N196 **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

16. The relationship between Psychological Safety & Humility Psychological Safety Humility Spearman’s rhoCorrelation Coefficient 1.00.415** Sig.(2-tailed)..000 N196 Correlation Coefficient.415**1.00 Sig. (2-tailed).000. N196 **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

17. Humility: Strength or Weakness?

18. YOUR TURN!

19. Characteristic Identified Frequency Listens 49 Willing 38 Open 33 Gives Credit 26 Respect 25 Honest 17 Understanding 11 Supportive 11 Selfless 7 Confident 7 Admits error 6 Patient 5

20. Conclusion