When mapping out the hiring process and contemplating the candidate journey – everything “talent” from attraction to acquisition – most organizations draw a clean line at the offer letter. That’s when the recruiting team closes the requisition, celebrates the hire, and moves on to the next open role. It’s also when the candidate, now technically an employee, gets handed off to whoever runs onboarding. The Line We've Been Drawing in the Wrong Place The conventional model treat

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't show up on any engagement survey because it's not really about engagement at all. It's the bone-deep weariness of people who have been asked to change, again, before they've fully landed from the last one. New systems, new structures, new leadership, new priorities. We rinse and repeat and then wonder why no one seems particularly excited about the next big initiative. It's change fatigue. And while it's been around as long