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In my experience all the above are true, additionally if you state opinions or dont cheer or welcome the strategic initiatives you can be labeled or boxed as resisting and then evetually are shown the way out… so do we speak up or just play the game as rest do is a matter of how far you are in career vs how many other factors you have would lead to play along or find some other way to compromise..
Exactly this. It's exhausting to play the game knowing something is going to fizzle out when you could be solving actual problems
Oh man, I’ve lived this. There’s always a big kickoff, a ton of energy, and then… radio silence while leadership moves on to the next shiny idea. I’ve started asking way more questions upfront—“how does this ladder to existing goals?”—just to slow the spin a little.