Around half of the fossil fuel employees at risk of redundancy have the skills that the green energy sector needs. With just a month of additional training, over a million workers could swap from fossil fuel heating to heat pumps and an additional 4 million workers could swap from working on internal combustion engine manufacturing...

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...

When it comes to demonstrating impact in HR, uptake metrics don’t go far enough. The impact of coaching, mentoring, and listening goes beyond the person immediately experiencing the initiative—it also impacts the people who work with them. The real value of coaching and mentoring won’t show up on a dashboard after a couple of sessions—it’s...

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 you’re a leader or manager, I bet your top three challenges—in no particular order—are: (drumroll…) And at least two of these can be solved (or radically improved) by AI. In one week, I’ve used ChatGPT to save at least £426 and 9 hours: just for personal tasks and a few business projects. Everything from...

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,...

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,...

Most companies have a hierarchy, and that means employees have managers. Unfortunately, though, those managers often aren’t best equipped to supervise their staff. In fact, more than a quarter of leaders receive no formal training on how to manage others, according to a study by Digits. And if that statistic is as surprising to you...