Key facts
People matter survey 2024
Positive views from public sector respondents show:
- 70% feel it’s safe to speak up about inappropriate behaviour or problems and tough issues in their organisation
- 80% feel their organisation’s culture supports diversity in the workplace.
Most common barriers to success reported by public sector respondents:
- mental health
- caring responsibilities
- age.
Safe to speak up
Organisations with psychologically safe cultures empower employees to:
- report integrity issues
- report and respond to negative behaviour
- remedy mistakes
- improve performance.
Employees feel safe to speak up if they also feel:
- safe in their workgroup
- confident to raise mistakes, concerns and poor behaviour without fear of retribution.
Inclusion
If employees feel valued and included, it can lead to a positive work environment and higher engagement and productivity.
Barriers to success
Workplace barriers prevent employees from working efficiently and effectively.
The results may add up to more than 100% because respondents could choose more than one answer.