What will be the big 2025 HR trends? How will they affect employees and HR teams? Let’s take a look at the trends for the upcoming year and what they could mean for your business (and get a sneak peek at our upcoming Gen Z survey results too!)… AI Generative AI has made its way...

Psychological safety means creating a work environment where everyone feels comfortable disagreeing or taking risks. They don’t fear consequences or judgment. Or, to paraphrase Amy Edmonson who coined the phrase in 1999: Psychological safety means an absence of interpersonal fear. 89% of employees feel it’s essential in the work environment, according to a McKinsey study....

Mentoring and coaching can help employees and leaders with their professional development. But there are key differences between coaching and mentoring that will influence what the right one for you and your business is. Before we dive into the difference between coaching and mentoring, let’s define them: What is mentoring? A good mentor shares their...

Business change creates challenges for everyone within an organization. Employees are faced with uncertainty; their colleagues might’ve been made redundant, and those who are left behind have to deal with survivor’s guilt while managing their new workloads. This significant change can negatively impact employee engagement, retention rates, and business operations. Managers, meanwhile, must make difficult...

Feedback is tricky. Most of us want to get better at giving better effective feedback, as well as taking feedback better. But—much like going to the gym, eating healthy or stopping ourselves from doom-scrolling—doing feedback well takes a bit of effort. If you’re here because you want to learn how to give constructive criticism, you’ve...

Learning how to improve communication skills requires a balance of self-awareness, practice, and practice. Communication skills are a vital part of the world of work. However, you could argue it’s not something we’re ever actively taught. Do our school English classes actively teach us communication skills and why the language we use matters? What about...

If there are redundancies coming up in your organization, here are our tips on how to support employees during redundancy. Want to support them during this challenging time? Check out our redundancy coaching options. Checklist for Employers: How to Support Employees During Redundancy Clear Communication: Offer Emotional Support: Practical Guidance: Provide Financial Clarity: Legal and...

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...