Change Fatigue
Your team isn't resistant to change. They're exhausted by the volume of change that leads nowhere.
Gartner’s 2022 research: employees’ willingness to support enterprise change dropped from 74% in 2016 to 43%. Not because people hate change. Because they have been through too many changes that led nowhere.
The third restructuring in two years. The new tool that replaced the last new tool. The strategy pivot that contradicted last quarter’s strategy pivot. Each one demanded emotional investment. None returned dividends.
Change fatigue is not resistance. It is rational self-preservation. The team has learned that investing energy in the latest initiative is a losing bet.
Before launching the next transformation, finish the last one.
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