Psychological Safety Is Essential to Employee Retention in the Modern Workplace Provided by Terri Greeno, Owner of Express Employment Professionals of Crystal Lake As employers strive to retain employees amid declining workplace well-being, leaders must take new approaches to managing employees. Psychological safety, defined by Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, is “a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.” The concept can also be described as confidence to share