When Change Hits, Performance Shifts: Key Insights for Leading Today’s Workforce

Change isn’t the challenge. How leaders respond to it is. Shifting priorities and constant uncertainty aren’t disruptions; they’re the operating conditions. Yet many leaders are still relying on approaches built for stability, creating a widening gap between strategy and execution. Drawing on data insights from over 200,000 respondents, Chris McLean reveals how the most effective leaders navigate these shifts and how to build a culture that doesn’t just endure change but uses it as a competitive edge. 

What You’ll Learn: 

• The Stability Trap: Why leadership habits built for “business as usual” often backfire when priorities shift
• The Alignment Bridge: Practical questions to close the gap between strategic vision and team-level execution
• Early Warning Signs: How to spot performance shifts before they become performance problems and course-correct with speed
• Building Change Ownership: How to develop the characteristics that move your team from coping with change to owning it
• Stabilizing Conversations: Tactics for high-stakes 1:1s that reduce anxiety and maintain accountability, even when the ground is shifting