Start Date: 2/26/2025 7:45 AM EST
End Date: 2/26/2025 10:00 AM EST
Venue Name: Westwood Country Club
Location:
800 Maple Ave East
Vienna, VA United States 22180
Organization Name:
HR Alliance DC
Contact:
Join us at the Westwood Country Club for our February Program!
Networking: 7:45 - 8:15 AM
Arrive early for an opportunity to meet new people!
Program Description:
How much talent and potential are left untapped when people don't feel safe to contribute?
Psychological safety describes an environment in which team members feel empowered to speak up, share innovative ideas, and take smart risks without fear of judgment. When such an environment flourishes, organizations see remarkable results: increased innovation, stronger engagement, and higher retention rates.
During this session, speaker Michael Randel shares proven approaches for building a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, mistakes become learning opportunities, and every team member can contribute their authentic best. Attendees will gain practical tools to foster an environment of trust, collaboration, and sustained high performance.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of psychological safety and develop skills that enhance it.
- Identify the behaviors that promote or undermine psychological safety.
- Experience the five building blocks from the award-winning book “The Psychological Safety Playbook”.
- Create an action plan to promote psychological safety in your team and within the workplace.
Speaker: Michael Randel, Founder and Director, Randel Consulting Associates

Michael works with leaders and their teams as they face Change and Growth, increasing their Calm and Confidence. Over the last 30 years, Michael has worked across more than twenty countries with dozens of organizations, transforming the way they approach and sustain change.
No change will last if people feel overlooked, disengaged, and fearful, so Michael promotes psychological safety as a core approach to fostering team and workplace cultures in which people - and results - thrive.
Based in Washington D.C., Michael works with corporations, nonprofits and public sector organizations across the US to increase their effectiveness and enable them to sustain their results and impact.
Professional Development:
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).
HR Alliance DC is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program is valid for 1.50 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.
Pricing for this Program:
- Members:
- Individual and Organizational Members - Free; Guests - $50
- Annual Sponsors - Free; Guests - $50
- Org. Member Substitutes - Free (promo code must be entered)
- Public (Non-Member)
- HR Practitioners: $75
- Service Providers/Vendors: $125