High expectations rarely arrive all at once. They accumulate gradually—through increased responsibility, shifting priorities, tighter timelines, and the quiet assumption that teams will simply adapt. Most teams do. They stretch, reorganize, and compensate long before anything is said explicitly....

When change succeeds, it often looks effortless in hindsight. New behaviors hold. Momentum stabilizes. People adapt. From the outside, it can seem as though the right idea or the right leader made all the difference. But sustainable change is rarely driven by ideas alone. It’s held in place by a...