Change is part of leadership. But when direction changes so often that people stop believing the latest version will last, adaptability can start to feel more like organisational whiplash. In this episode of Leadruption, Emma Last explores Changejetlag, the exhaustion and loss of trust that can build when people are repeatedly expected to adjust to another new priority, process or direction.
In this episode, we explore:
- Why leaders and teams can experience the same change very differently.
- What happens when people have barely adjusted before the direction shifts again.
- Why resistance may sometimes be less about the change itself and more about whether people trust it will stick.
- The difference between being adaptable and changing direction without a clear thread.
- Questions to consider: Is this change worth another shift in direction? Have we given the last change enough time to work? And is the resistance actually a trust problem?
Change may be necessary.
But if people have learned that every new direction is temporary, another announcement is unlikely to create belief.
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