Change has become ungovernable for leaders

Gartner for HR Leaders Magazine Q3 2025 says that ‘Change has become ungovernable for leaders.’ I’m getting the same impression from the HR leaders I talk with every day.

Gartner’s research reveals the extent of too much going on at the same time:

‘63% of HR employees tell us that their organization expanded to a new geographic region or market.
79% made a significant technology platform change.
75% experienced one or more senior leader transitions.’

The point well made in the Gartner article is that these changes are stacked one upon another.

Business leaders demand more pace, with several workstreams running in parallel which need the time and energy of the same leaders and managers.

This impacts HR too – not ‘just’ in their own workload, but also in supporting line leaders and managers as they struggle.

How is this playing out for you?

I’ve been asked to run a roundtable for HR leaders on AI. If you’d like to join us on 15th January please message me.