Lead Change Without Losing Your People | Sharon McLaughlin

So what are some of the, um, more relevant and current conversations going on in those communities?

Um, as you alluded to, there's a lot of change happening.

People are experiencing, um, a tremendous amount of change in the workforce than they were even 10 years ago.

Mm.

And as the workforce is changing, there's less and less support, uh, for those individuals.

So let's do more-

Yeah

... let's do less.

So it's a constant cycle of new initiatives.

This is changing today.

We've got a new leader because there's a lot of, a lot of, um, people leaving the workforce, uh, people stepping into roles that they, um, you know, didn't expect to step into.

Mm.

Are those leaders prepared for that step? Mm, sometimes not.

Um, and but at the same time, let's get the regular business work done and let's transform ourselves.

So that is, um, I think, you know, the biggest thing I hear consistently is change fatigue, change saturation, um, and lots going on in, in, uh, organizations.

organizations.Change fatigue and change saturation.

Wow.

Yeah, I mean, how many times do you get knocked down by the waves of disruption before you just say-

Yeah

... screw this, I'm coming out of the ocean all together, right? [laughs]

That's right.

I mean, it's just wave after wave after wave.

That's right.

The, the thing that I find very attractive about you, Sharon, and one of the reasons I wanted you to have you come on and talk to the Work Positive community, is because so often we focus on strategies and tactics for change management, and all these things are important.

But your, uh, through your company Change Clarity, your particular niche, if you will, or emphasis is how do we as people leaders take care of ourselves, so some self-care-

So what are some of the, um, more relevant and current conversations going on in those communities?

Um, as you alluded to, there's a lot of change happening.

People are experiencing, um, a tremendous amount of change in the workforce than they were even 10 years ago.

Mm.

And as the workforce is changing, there's less and less support, uh, for those individuals.

So let's do more-

Yeah

... let's do less.

So it's a constant cycle of new initiatives.

This is changing today.

We've got a new leader because there's a lot of, a lot of, um, people leaving the workforce, uh, people stepping into roles that they, um, you know, didn't expect to step into.

Mm.

Are those leaders prepared for that step? Mm, sometimes not.

Um, and but at the same time, let's get the regular business work done and let's transform ourselves.

So that is, um, I think, you know, the biggest thing I hear consistently is change fatigue, change saturation, um, and lots going on in, in, uh, organizations.

organizations.Change fatigue and change saturation.

Wow.

Yeah, I mean, how many times do you get knocked down by the waves of disruption before you just say-

Yeah

... screw this, I'm coming out of the ocean all together, right? [laughs]

That's right.

I mean, it's just wave after wave after wave.

That's right.

The, the thing that I find very attractive about you, Sharon, and one of the reasons I wanted you to have you come on and talk to the Work Positive community, is because so often we focus on strategies and tactics for change management, and all these things are important.

But your, uh, through your company Change Clarity, your particular niche, if you will, or emphasis is how do we as people leaders take care of ourselves, so some self-care-