09/02/2026
Your team may be waiting for answers you do not have yet.
That is a tough spot to be in as a leader.
You want to be clear. You want to be honest. You also may be sorting through the same change everyone else is trying to understand.
I’m seeing this with a client right now during a major restructuring. The business has reasons for the change, and some of those reasons may make complete sense.
But people still have to live through it.
They still have work to do, clients to serve, meetings to attend, and decisions to make. At the same time, they are wondering what changed, what did not, what matters now, and where they fit.
AI is adding to that pressure for a lot of organizations.
The work is changing quickly, but people do not automatically change with it just because a strategy says they should.
This week’s newsletter is about that gap.
The space between the change leaders announce and the change people actually experience.
It is also one of the reasons I’m excited for Inspired by LIFE: Redefining the Future of Leadership to get into people’s hands. So much of leadership is learning how to see the real moment more clearly before deciding what to say or do next.
Someone still has to lead the humans.
What question might your team be carrying right now, even if they are not asking it out loud?
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