Avoiding Change Fatigue
Change saturation in the workplace occurs when the number of changes you’re implementing “exceeds the capacity of individuals in your organization to effectively adopt and use those changes.”
Right now our teams are running on empty and carrying pretty heavy mental loads. So it’s time to stop and think before introducing any further workplace projects or changes (other than return to work plans of course!)
What we know about ‘change’ is that your change initiative has only been successful if the people on the ground are working in the new way, months after the change project has formally ended. So they have adopted and are working in the new way or using those changes.
When workplaces are change saturated we create change fatigue.
Change fatigue can present itself as active resistance, disregulated behaviours (frustration, emotion, anger) to full blown job dissatisfaction. We risk ‘churn’ here, losing good people who are feeling impacted by their inability to give their 100% to all of the competing projects underway.
Learn more about change saturation and change fatigue including how you can avoid it, via the blog link (below). You can also download a free project register which provides some questions for you to help rationalise and prioritise your projects to help you avoid overloading your teams (and yourself of course!).
Reach out if you want to chat this through and find a better way forward.
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Avoiding Change Fatigue – Tanya Heaney-Voogt (tanyaheaneyvoogt.com)
Tanya Heaney-Voogt
Change Facilitation, Culture Strengthening, Psychological Safety, Team Training, Executive Coaching, Strengths Coaching, Workplace Change Coaching - Tanya Heaney-Voogt
Tanya Heaney-Voogt is a mentally healthy workplaces expert helping leaders transform workplaces through a range of workplace, team and individual programs and services.
Her successful Cracking the Change Code Program (TM pending) has helped Leaders across the public sector drive successful workplace change, reduce resistance and staff impact and ensure change projects are delivered on time and on budget in a way that enhances culture not detracts from it.
Tanya supports a number of public entities across Gippsland and Victoria to implement mentally healthy work practices, drive complex change (including the introduction and implementation of the Gender Equality Act and associated systemic changes required), transform workplace or team cultures and build psychologically safe teams.
Her Strengths Coaching work is much acclaimed and she works with individuals, executive teams and all levels of leadership teams to understand their individual strengths and identify blind spots, and then map against a team grid to show the combined strengths of the teams. This work is helping teams overcome tension and conflict and build respect and appreciation for each others differences and value to the team. Tanya works with small business teams as well as large public sector teams with her Strengths Coaching programs.
Her speaking and training programs are always well attended and full of praise. Her keynote speech on "Creating Mentally Healthy Workplaces" has been delivered to local, state and national conferences, demystifying the language and providing practical strategies for workplaces to reduce the burden of mental injury and absenteeism and presenteeism associated with poor mental health.
Her recent training programs "Running on Empty" and "Fostering Fun and Laughter in the Workplace" have been instrumental in helping workplaces support their teams through challenging COVID conditions - including health sector teams.
Tanya has a 25+ year career in project, service and people leadership and change, predominantly in the health sector (public, private and acute).
She leads with Relationship Building strengths in the Clifton Strengths instrument and prides herself on her support and development work.
Tanya brings extensive tertiary, industry and discipline specific qualifications, loves a laugh and working with clients who are committed to making positive change in their lives, their workplace or society.
Tanya Heaney-Voogt
Director & Principal Consultant
0438 513 929
tanya@tanyaheaneyvoogt.com