Definition: The collective weariness that sets in when organizations repeatedly roll out leadership initiatives, toolkits, or coaching programs—without seeing sustained results.
Why it Matters: Fatigue breeds disengagement. When supervisors stop believing anything will change, even good programs fail to gain traction.
Common Mistake: Misreading fatigue as apathy or resistance. In reality, it’s a rational response to a broken model.
Related Concepts: Coaching Fatigue, Training as Event Bias, Leadership Pipeline Failure
Sample Usage: “You can’t blame them for checking out—after the fifth program that went nowhere, Program Fatigue took over.”
Synonyms:
program-fatigue