70% of change management programs fail to meet their objectives, and a cultural change program has an even higher mortality rate. Psychological safety initiatives aren’t immune to this phenomenon. Luckily, the failure patterns aren’t mysterious. Here at LeaderFactor, we've worked with hundreds of clients to spearhead initiatives and partner with organizations to help them through the process.We've seen a lot of successes, a lot of mistakes, some false starts, and some patterns to avoid while planning and programming any culture initiative.

In this guide, we’ve taken the top 6 failure patterns L&D professionals make when programming a psychological safety initiative, dissected them, and detailed solutions to help you ensure success.