Employee Lifecycle
Managing the health and progress of your employees, at every stage of their journey with you, is critical to the success of any business.
From day one to day last, responding to the unique strengths and challenges your people bring can make a real difference to performance and morale.
Sonder helps you evaluate what good looks like for your business, and gives you the tools to close the gaps. By establishing key success criteria, we can take you from barely hitting the basics to completely setting the benchmark.
Attract
Bring in the best...
Finding a good match in any walk of life is hard - harder still when it comes to recruitment. We help your roles stand out and guide you to the candidates who are truly the best match. Through psychometric insights and smart team analysis, we make sure every hire complements - and strengthens - the team you already have.
Onboard
Get the wheels turning...
A great start makes all the difference. We design customised onboarding frameworks that help new hires feel valued, supported, and effective - fast. The result? Your team settles in quickly, hits the ground running, and stays happy and productive for the long haul.
Develop
Invest in them.
Growth drives engagement. Most of our programs focus on giving your team the room and guidance to develop. No matter their role, an inspired team is a moving team. By creating opportunities for growth, you make every employee's time with you meaningful - and maximize the impact of their work.
Perform
Watch them soar...
Clear expectations, regular progress checks, and honest feedback form the backbone of strong performance management. Sonder helps you build frameworks that are not just effective but repeatable, scalable, and true to your company culture. That extra care is what turns good teams into exceptional ones.
Reward
Keep their attention...
Recognition matters. A structured, consistent feedback loop ensures your team feels seen, appreciated, and motivated. We help you create frameworks that last, so reward isn't a one-off event but a reliable part of your culture. Consistency is everything.
Exit
A fond farewell...
How someone leaves your business is just as important as how they join. Good offboarding keeps departing employees engaged as brand ambassadors, ensures a smooth handover, and sets up their replacements for success. Sonder builds offboarding processes that are compliant, calm, and controlled - so every exit ends on a high note.
Leadership Development
Confident, capable leaders grow confident, capable teams.
Honest, open conversations sit at the core of our work. In our one-to-one sessions, we get to talk openly about what's really happening for you and your business. That space allows us to shape plans that reflect your goals, your pressures and the quirks that make your organisation unique.
By understanding you as an individual - not just a job title - we're able to provide direction and support that unlocks you as a leader and trickles down to transform your workforce.
You'll know how to handle any situation, step away from micro-management and genuinely feel the support of a network of expert coaches behind you.
Managers vs Leaders
Managers plan, organise and co-ordinate resources to deliver results.
Leaders inspire, motive and influence the people around them.
People work for their managers, and follow their leaders.
A business needs both. Senior team members need to know how to do both, and be able to identify when a situation calls for one or the other.
Learning this without guidance can take years of trial and error, travelling down a bumpy road. That's where Edge comes in; Sonder's four-day course that breaks down the key skills needed to lead authentically.
Courses on coaching essentials to building resilience, self leadership and SLII Concepts equip you with the tools to keep up with the rapid pace of an ever-changing business, dealing with any situation efficiently and effectively.
Our coaches hold Blanchard Leadership Coach Certificates, passing programmes that took months of hard work and an intimate understanding of the principles at play. Now, it's time to put them to work on your business.
Building Resilience
Help your people gain adaptability and well-being
Coaching Essentials®
Behind every engaged employee is a manager with great coaching skills
Self Leadership
Empower everyone to take control of their own success
SLII® Concepts
Great leaders see the promise in everyone
The SLII Experience™
SLII® powering inspired leaders™
Executive Coaching
What should I be looking for in a coach?
All of our coaches are members of the International Coaching Federation and hold either Associate (ACC), Professional (PCC), or Master Certified Coach (MCC) qualifications - so you know you're working with true experts.
But we know that experience and credentials alone aren't enough. Trust matters more.
Feeling genuinely comfortable with your coach - and being able to speak openly - will accelerate your growth faster than any certificate ever could. Our coaches hold top-tier accreditations, but these are additions to their skills, not substitutes for them.
That's why we focus on building real relationships through one-on-one coaching. We give you a structured, safe space to explore challenges, correct behaviours and develop skills, by asking the questions that spark self-reflection and insight.
Our coaches guide you towards discovery, the most powerful way of learning, so you retain your own style and gain the tools to pass on what you've uncovered throughout your team, and beyond.
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Merging two businesses is a huge challenge. Between due diligence, finding synergies, reorganising structures, and integrating teams, there are plenty of opportunities to stumble. Often, having a guiding hand is the difference between success and chaos.
Even if the structural side goes smoothly, ignoring the human and cultural side can put the whole operation at risk. People make the merger work - or break it.
The first step is clarity. Together, we'll map out where you are, where you want to go, and the obstacles along the way. With a clear roadmap, you can manage change strategically rather than reactively.
Mergers are also a chance to rethink your structure. Working hand in hand with organisational design, we assess skills and capabilities across both organisations, identify talent gaps, and create a structure that maximises efficiency, productivity, and long-term success.
Celebrating your company culture and values
A motivated, engaged team
Clear roles and responsibilities for employees
Making great decisions and using resources well
Improved communication and collaboration across teams
Faster integration of the two companies
Finally, we'll work alongside you on a plan to communicate your new vision.
By creating behaviours that become habit, your team become champions of the goals you've set and mindset required to reach them. Over time, this creates a snowball effect, helping future hires integrate smoothly and embrace your culture from day one.
In turn, hand in hand with Organisational Design, assessing the skills and capabilities of the employees in both organisations, identifying talent gaps and redundancies, and designing a new structure that maximises efficiency and productivity.
Organisational
Design
Simply put, Organisational Design is how a company structures its resources, systems, and processes to get results.
Like music, there are endless ways to tailor this arrangement to the way that suits you - but there are undeniable shapes and beats that form the basis of any great melody.
Sonder takes a data-driven approach, working closely with you to understand your needs. We design streamlined, practical structures that help you achieve your goals.
Next, we bring your people on board - engaged, motivated, and clear on the plan - so everyone is singing from the same sheet.
Strong internal structures make businesses faster, more efficient, and better at making decisions. With improved communication and collaboration, your team can move with confidence and purpose.
Together, we'll compose a masterpiece.