Creating psychological safety in the workplace is all about forming a happy, high-performing environment. When employees feel psychologically safe at work, it improves employee engagement, employee well-being, and employee retention. The improved workplace culture leads to more innovation, higher productivity, and greater resilience. Team psychological safety is so important that 89% of survey respondents told...

The power of purpose in the workplace is something we’ve been exploring a lot lately at Sanctus, so we organized our first Leaders’ Breakfast Roundtable with HR and L&D leaders and panelists Dr Albert Viljoen, Organizational Development Consultant and Coach at Sanctus; Al Bird, CEO at Sanctus; Ed Johnson, CEO at PushFar; and Kerry Coxon,...

The pandemic fundamentally changed how many of us see the world. Dramatic changes like that to our psyches never fully go away, even if the world seems mostly be back to normal on the surface. Covid led to the Great Resignation, where employees left their jobs en masse. Research by Adobe suggests that the main...

Burnout. Since COVID, this has become a more pervasive issue in the workplace. This is partially thanks to more awareness and public dialogue about mental health, but is also due to the tremendous demands we are all experiencing.  From global challenges like climate change, wars, and recessions, to local challenges like remote employee policies, equity,...

The accountancy industry has changed in the last two years. More people are retiring than entering the workforce, increasing the challenges of retaining top talent and attracting new talent. This makes retaining existing talent more important than ever. Technology and the rise of AI have changed the skillset accountants need, meaning those in the workforce...

At most workplaces, the phrase ‘happiness at work’ induces eye rolls. But why should it? The average person spends one-third of their life at work — in quantifiable terms, that’s an average of 90,000 hours. And it shouldn’t be a controversial statement to say that we must not spend 90,000 hours of our life unhappy. Unfortunately, over...

We’ve always thought we were on to something with our holistic approach – putting human beings first, and considering the many different moving parts of their lives in the coaching they receive. Human First in Business is that approach fleshed out and nailed down. Our attempt at mapping the unmappable. Being able to say, once...

About the author: Valentina Passoni is a Coaching Pracice Lead at Sanctus. She is a creative at heart who loves to blend coaching with lateral thinking approaches, helping clients to think outside the box. She’s trained in Co-Active Coaching – CPCC, ORSC, Leadership Circle Profile and is an accredited PCC with the International Coaching Federation....

We see the people we coach as full, complex human beings and consider the impact every area of their life has on them. For more, here's an exclusive look at the Sanctus Coaching methodology.

A conversation with Sanctus Coach Dr. Albert Viljoen about what makes a professional relationship tick and how to repair a damaged one.