Elevate The Room is a new SCSI podcast series for professionals working in and leading teams across the property, land and construction sectors. Developed as part of the SCSI’s wider work on workplace culture, the series translates the findings of the SCSI Workplace Culture Benchmark Report into practical, manager-focused conversations. The podcast explores the challenges that arise when leading people, balancing performance and navigating workplace relationships, drawing on industry experience, real-world scenarios and candid discussions with professionals from across the sector. Each episode is designed to provide practical insights and actionable ideas that listeners can apply within their own teams and organisations.
Episode 1: Speaking Up - Feedback & Psychological Safety
Guests: Liane O’Leary & Bernadette Morrissey, MSCSI MRICs
Overview:
Culture problems rarely arrive all at once. More often, they begin with a missed conversation, an unspoken concern or feedback that is delayed until it’s too late.
In this episode, Liane O’Leary, HR Manager at Colliers, and Bernadette Morrissey MSCSI MRICS, Capital Works Project Manager at SETU, join Patrick King, SCSI Director of Membership & Public Affairs to explore how managers can create environments where people feel comfortable speaking up. Together, they discuss feedback, psychological safety and the consequences of allowing small issues to go unaddressed, before sharing practical approaches to addressing concerns early and building trust within teams.
Drawing on real workplace scenarios and management experiences, the conversation examines how small silences can grow into larger team and performance challenges, and what managers can do to prevent them.