Change Has Outpaced Leadership

How to lift performance through constant change — without burning out your managers

Tuesday 17th February 2026

12.00pm – 12.45pm AEDT (Melbourne)

Live via zoom

Are you a team leader, CEO or HR Professional who is responsible for leaders in your organisation and you find…

Change is relentless, and your managers are spending more time working on change than actually delivering outcomes
Overall underperformance as your managers are stretched thin, juggling results and ongoing change
Your managers are becoming task machines and change messengers, not leaders who coach, develop talent, and build accountability
Your managers are avoiding difficult conversations, delaying decisions and defaulting to firefighting under pressure
Increased sick leave, disengagement, “quiet quitting” and people issues repeatedly landing back with HR
You’ve invested in engagement surveys, wellbeing initiatives and leadership programs, but day-to-day leadership behaviours aren’t sticking because managers lack the time, tools and support to embed them
You’re worried the organisation is burning out its “engine room”, and when managers struggle, teams struggle (and the whole culture takes a hit)

What might keep you up at night (even if no one is saying it out loud):

This isn’t a leadership failure.

it’s a systems problem

The pace of change has accelerated faster than leadership capability has been built, and managers have quietly become the shock absorbers. Research continues to show that managers are carrying more complexity, broader expectations, and greater accountability for performance, engagement, and well-being, all while navigating restructures, hybrid work, skills shortages, and AI-driven disruption. But we know that managers are the single biggest driver of engagement, retention, and results — yet most have never been properly equipped for this reality.

On the ground, this shows up as capable managers stuck in reaction mode: pushing change through, firefighting people issues, and holding performance together through sheer effort. That effort turns into exhaustion, and the cost shows up in disengagement, high turnover, stalled change, and increasing pressure on HR and People Teams to “fix” what is actually a leadership system that hasn’t kept pace with the world it’s operating in.

In this webcast, you’ll learn how to:

Understand what’s really driving the manager squeeze.

And why this isn’t a resilience or motivation issue, but a leadership system that hasn’t kept pace with constant change.

Pinpoint the leadership capabilities managers need most right now.

And, more importantly, how to prioritise and sequence them so development efforts actually stick.

Design leadership initiatives that move beyond one-off workshops,

translating learning into everyday leadership habits, conversations, and ways of working.

Support managers through ongoing change

by embedding practical leadership routines that create clarity, accountability, and momentum, even when the environment keeps shifting.

Build leadership capability that sustains over time,

reducing reliance on HR and L&D to “patch problems” and instead strengthening performance, retention, and culture through managers.

Who it’s for

Register now

Change Has Outpaced Leadership: How to lift performance through constant change — without burning out your managers

Tuesday, 17^th February 2026

12.00pm – 12.45pm AEDT (Melbourne)

Live via zoom

And don’t worry if you can’t make it live, we’ll send you the recording

your facilitator

Jessica Schubert

Cultural Transformation & Leadership Expert

Jessica spends her days inside organisations: coaching managers, delivering leadership programs, and working with teams where the “manager squeeze” is real, not theoretical.

Her clients range from government agencies to global organisations and fast-growing businesses, all facing the same challenge: leaders being asked to do more with less. Jessica is known for translating complexity into practical leadership habits and systems that stick. She is obsessed with helping organisations move beyond one-off workshops to build leadership capability that actually shows up in day-to-day work.

Jessica is an experienced executive and team coach, a leadership development consultant and the Founder of Intact Teams. She works with HR, L&D and senior leaders around the globe who are under pressure to lift performance while navigating constant change.

what people say about Jessica:

Not only does Jessica exhibit confidence and originality, her content is drawn from evidence-based research and is customised to speak to those in the room, whether in-person or via a digital platform.

Lyn HawkinNational Director of Business Women Australia

We were so thrilled to have Jessica as a guest speaker at our ‘Reimagine the Future of the Workplace’ webcast. Her insights into what leaders need in order to prepare our workforces for the future of work were invaluable for our audience. I particularly loved her optimism that, in fact, we are at an inflection point and it is up to us to shape the ‘next normal.

Anthony BowersCEO of Tallant Asia