created an environment where your people can feel safe to be themselves.

Many people in leadership positions engage in destroying people in their organization consciously and unconsciously. They have created an environment so toxic; people are more preoccupied with finding the next job or protecting themselves from the forces within as opposed to protecting the company from the forces externally. If someone feels safe enough to raise their hands and say, “I made a mistake” or “I need some help” according to Simon Sinek that leader has created an environment where their people feel safe to be themselves.

However, if someone is so focused on “covering themselves” and sending a CYA email after every conversation or meeting, then, that leader has created a culture so toxic it shouts NOT SAFE, every man/woman for themselves. Great leaders create an environment where their people can be themselves and to become the very best version of themselves.