Making Positive Psychology Work · 2026-03-24 · 34 min
Nearly 1 in 2 American workers are quietly fatiguing, cracking, or burning out right now - but the data reveals that these aren't just different degrees of the same thing. In this episode of Season 7 - The Change Fatigue Remedy Series - Katie Beresford interviews Dr Michelle McQuaid about the findings of the most recent US Change Lab study, and what the data tells us about where people are on the change fatigue continuum, why leaders keep missing the early warning signs, and what individuals, teams, and organizations can actually do about it. 01:37 Michelle outlines the four groups on the change fatigue continuum - and explains why the grouped percentages are smaller than the true reach of each experience, and what the ungrouped picture actually shows . 04:33 Michelle explains why the first signs of doubt in fatiguing workers turn inward - toward self-doubt - rather than toward the strategy, the team, or the change itself, and why that makes them so hard for leaders to spot. 06:51 Michelle shares why fatiguing workers are almost 13 times more likely to later find themselves quietly cracking - and why this is the critical intervention window leaders need to know about.
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