{"id":12162,"date":"2026-04-23T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salomons.coach\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:52:32","slug":"leiden-in-de-wachtkamer-hoe-houd-je-je-team-bij-elkaar-als-de-organisatie-nog-geen-beslissingen-heeft-genomen-over-organisatieveranderingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salomons.coach\/nl\/leading-in-the-waiting-room-how-to-hold-your-team-together-when-the-organization-hasnt-decided-yet-on-organizational-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Leidinggeven in de wachtkamer: hoe je je team bij elkaar houdt als de organisatie nog geen beslissingen heeft genomen over veranderingen."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TEAMLEIDERSCHAP | LEIDEN MET VERANDERING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Een praktische gids voor teamleiders die te maken hebben met onzekerheid over ontslagen, collectieve onrust en de uitdaging om anderen te leiden wanneer u zelf onzeker bent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je kent de situatie. Het senior management heeft een structurele beslissing genomen. De Ondernemingsraad is nog in beraad. Officieel is de aanpak aangekondigd, maar voor de individuele medewerker is er nog niets gezegd. Maar je team weet het. Natuurlijk weten ze het, mensen weten het altijd. Ze voelen de energie, de veranderingen in de agenda, de voorzichtige formuleringen tijdens vergaderingen. En dus zit jouw team van twaalf mensen, met verschillende nationaliteiten en achtergronden, in een soort artifici\u00eble stilstand: ze kunnen zich niet volledig inzetten voor het werk dat voor hen ligt, ze kunnen niet vooruit plannen, wachtend op een oordeel dat nog niet is gekomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Als hun leider wordt van je verwacht dat je dit bij elkaar houdt. Stabiel bent. Projecten op schema houdt. Maar hier is wat niemand hardop zegt: jij bent ook onrustig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit artikel is voor u. Niet de gepolijste versie van u die goed presteert in stuurgroepen, maar de leider in de wachtkamer, die probeert te bedenken wat hij vervolgens moet doen. Hieronder staan zes principes, elk gebaseerd op praktische stappen, om door dit specifieke soort liminale onzekerheid te leiden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Stop met kalm te doen, leid met eerlijke standvastigheid in plaats daarvan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Het instinct van veel leiders in tijden van onzekerheid is om zelfvertrouwen uit te stralen. De moed erin houden. Het slechte nieuws onderdrukken tot het officieel is. Dit is begrijpelijk, niemand wil de oorzaak van paniek zijn, maar het werkt meestal averechts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De antennes van je team zijn buitengewoon gevoelig voor onechtheid. Wanneer je kalmte uitstraalt zonder het te voelen, registreren ze de kloof tussen je woorden en je energie. Het resultaat is geen geruststelling; het is een stille erosie van vertrouwen. Ze stoppen met geloven wat je zegt, precies wanneer je het het meest nodig hebt dat ze je geloven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>\u201cHet tegengif voor een gespeende kalmte is geen emotionele transparantie. Het is eerlijke standvastigheid.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Eerlijke standvastigheid betekent dat je de realiteit erkent zonder deze te dramatiseren, vasthoudt aan wat je wel en niet weet, en je committeert aan hoe je jezelf zult opstellen, ongeacht wat er boven jou besloten wordt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In de praktijk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Overweeg om bij uw volgende teambijeenkomst of een-op-een gesprek te beginnen met iets in de trant van het volgende:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Voorbeeld: Openingstoespraak voor uw team<\/strong>\u201cIk wil het olifantje in de kamer benoemen, omdat ik denk dat het vermijden ervan ons meer kwaad dan goed doet. Jullie weten dat er op organisatorisch niveau structurele beslissingen worden overwogen. Ik heb nog geen informatie die ik mag delen en ik ga niet speculeren of jullie valse geruststellingen geven. Wat ik jullie wel kan vertellen is dit: ik ga jullie niet in het ongewisse laten. Wanneer ik iets weet dat ik kan delen, zal ik het delen. In de tussentijd wil ik dat we er voor elkaar en voor het werk blijven zijn, en ik blijf er voor jullie zijn.\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit soort uitspraak doet verschillende dingen tegelijk. Het benoemt de realiteit, wat de druk vermindert. Het committeert zich aan transparantie zonder te veel te beloven. Het positioneert je als een geloofwaardige informatiebron, wat betekent dat je team minder snel de leegte zal opvullen met geruchten en speculatie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merk op wat het niet doet: het doet niet alsof alles in orde is, en het deelt geen informatie die je niet hebt of die je niet mag delen. Die lijn, tussen eerlijke erkenning en ongepaste openbaarmaking, is precies waar leiders moeten staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Onderscheid wat je controleert van wat je niet controleert, en help je team hetzelfde te doen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Een van de meest ontkrachtende dynamieken in onzekerheid is het gevoel dat alles buiten je bereik ligt. En in zekere zin is dat ook zo: je kunt het proces van de Ondernemingsraad niet versnellen, je kunt een structurele beslissing die boven je is genomen niet terugdraaien, je kunt de angst van je teamleden die mogelijk getroffen worden niet wegnemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maar er is veel dat u kunt controleren, en wanneer u dat onderscheid expliciet maakt, zowel voor uzelf als voor uw team, heeft het een meetbaar stabiliserend effect. Onderzoek naar psychologische veiligheid en locus of control laat consequent zien dat mensen onzekerheid veel beter verdragen wanneer ze een domein van autonomie hebben, hoe klein ook, waarin ze kunnen handelen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In de praktijk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Probeer deze eenvoudige oefening in een teamsessie. Teken twee kolommen op een whiteboard of gedeeld scherm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Wat we niet kunnen beheersen<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Wat wij kunnen controleren<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2022 WC tijdlijn en uitslag<br>\u2022 Welke rollen worden be\u00efnvloed<br>\u2022 Organisatorische structuurbeslissingen<br>\u2022 Hoe anderen het nieuws interpreteren<\/td><td>\u2022 Hoe we ons elke dag presenteren<br>De kwaliteit van onze samenwerking<br>\u2022 Welk werk we afronden en hoe goed<br>\u2022 Hoe we met elkaar omgaan hierdoor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nodig uw team uit om beide kolommen aan te vullen. Het collectief bevolken van de rechterkolom is op zich al een interventie: het activeert een gevoel van autonomie dat onzekerheid onderdrukt. Het doel is niet om wat in de linkerkolom staat te minimaliseren, dat zou oneerlijk zijn, maar om ervoor te zorgen dat de rechterkolom niet leeg blijft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Keer terug naar het Doel &gt;&gt; Mensen verankeren aan wat niet verandert<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanneer organisatiestructuren verschuiven, rapportagelijnen veranderen en rollen onzeker worden, verliezen teams hun ori\u00ebntatiegevoel. Een van de meest stabiliserende dingen die een leider kan doen in deze periode is mensen terugbrengen naar wat constant blijft: het doel van het team zelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit gaat niet over motiverende taal of posters met bedrijfswaarden. Het gaat erom dat de bijdrage van het team aan iets groters dan zijn eigen structuur concreet en zichtbaar wordt gemaakt. Je team bestaat om een reden die al bestond voordat deze reorganisatie begon en die zal blijven bestaan nadat deze is afgerond. Die draad van continu\u00efteit is krachtiger dan de meeste leiders beseffen, vooral voor mensen die zich afvragen of hun werk nog steeds ertoe doet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onderzoek naar betekenis en werk, inclusief de fundamentele bijdragen van Amy Wrzesniewski op het gebied van jobcrafting en de bredere observaties van Viktor Frankl over menselijke veerkracht, toont consequent aan dat mensen aanzienlijke externe verstoringen kunnen verdragen wanneer ze een gevoel behouden voor waarom hun werk ertoe doet. Het omgekeerde is evenzeer waar: wanneer het doel onduidelijk wordt, voelen zelfs stabiele omstandigheden destabiliserend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In de praktijk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Overweeg om een teamsessie te openen door expliciet terug te keren naar de basisprincipes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cVoordat we aan het werk beginnen, wil ik tien minuten de tijd nemen om ons \u2013 en mezelf \u2013 eraan te herinneren waarom dit team bestaat. Niet in de zin van het organigram, maar in de werkelijke zin: wat zou er misgaan, vertragen of falen als wij er niet waren? Wat beschermen of bouwen we werkelijk op?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is geen retorische oefening. Vraag om re\u00eble antwoorden. Schrijf ze op. Wat doorgaans naar voren komt, is een herinnering dat de bijdrage van het team re\u00ebel en waardevol is, onafhankelijk van wat er op structureel niveau daarboven gebeurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voor een IT-team in een high-stakes engineeringomgeving zou dit kunnen klinken als: <em>\u201cWij houden de systemen draaiende die ervoor zorgen dat 10.000 ingenieurs ononderbroken hun werk kunnen doen. Dat verandert niet door een reorganisatie.\u201d<\/em> Simpel. Maar in een periode van onzekerheid moet het voor de hand liggende luidop gezegd worden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je kunt ook \"doel\" gebruiken als een praktisch beslissingsfilter tijdens de wachtperiode. Wanneer teamleden zich verlamd voelen bij het prioriteren \u2013 <em>\u201cMoet ik hierin investeren als ik er misschien niet zal zijn?\u201d<\/em> \u2013\u00a0 doel geeft hen een kader dat hun individuele situatie overstijgt: <em>\u201cDient dit waarvoor we hier zijn? Dan is het de moeite waard om het goed te doen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Verkort de planningshorizon, geef mensen een sprint om in te geloven<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Een van de meest voorkomende symptomen van collectieve onzekerheid is wat lijkt op een slechte focus of desinteresse, maar eigenlijk iets anders is: een instorting van de tijdshorizon. Wanneer de toekomst ondoorzichtig is, onttrekken mensen zich onbewust aan langetermijndoelen. \u201cWaarom werken aan Q3 als ik er misschien niet meer ben?\u201d is een gedachte die veel van je teamleden hebben, ook al zouden ze het nooit zeggen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De oplossing is niet te proberen de lange termijn te forceren. Het is de planningshorizon radicaal te verkorten tot iets dat re\u00ebel en haalbaar voelt. Een focus van twee tot drie weken op een sprint doet verschillende dingen tegelijk: het geeft mensen een concreet resultaat om naartoe te werken, het herstelt gedeelde momentum en, cruciaal, het cre\u00ebert kleine, zichtbare successen in een periode waarin er vrijwel geen externe signalen van vooruitgang of stabiliteit zijn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In de praktijk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aan het begin van elke week of veertien dagen, benoem expliciet de sprintfocus. Houd het specifiek en haalbaar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sprint Focus Framing<\/strong>&#8220;Whatever is happening at the organisational level, here is what we are going to build together over the next two weeks: we&#8217;re completing the integration testing for the module we&#8217;ve been working on, and we&#8217;re closing out the documentation backlog that&#8217;s been hanging over us. Those two things matter. They matter to the programme, and frankly, they matter for all of us, having done good work is something no one can take away, regardless of what gets decided above us.&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last sentence in that framing is important. It appeals to professional pride and signals that the work has intrinsic value independent of the organisational turbulence. For a cross-national, technically skilled team, which is highly likely to include people for whom professional identity and craft are core motivators, this registers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might also consider making the sprint visible: a shared board, a brief weekly stand-up check-in, a simple end-of-sprint review. The ritual of the sprint creates a small, shared rhythm when the larger rhythms of the organisation feel broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Lead Your Team Members Differently, Because They&#8217;re in Different Situations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a distinction that many leaders in this situation miss: the four people who are likely to be made redundant are not experiencing the same psychological reality as the eight who are not. Leading them identically is not fair, it&#8217;s actually a form of avoidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight who are staying have their own specific vulnerability: what researchers in organizational psychology call survivor syndrome. They may feel guilty for keeping their roles. They may feel anxious about increased workload. They may feel conflict about whether to outwardly grieve for their colleagues. These feelings, if left unnamed, fester and often surface later as disengagement, presenteeism, or quiet resentment toward the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four who are facing redundancy have an entirely different need: they need to be helped to hold their head up during the waiting period, and, when the moment is right, they need practical, active support in what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Those Likely Leaving<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before any official announcement, your room to act is limited, but not zero. You can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check in with them individually more frequently, without making it awkward. The check-in does not need to name the situation, it just needs to be present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Signal that their contribution continues to matter right now. People who feel written off tend to disengage, which is bad for them and the team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Begin privately gathering your thinking about references, recommendations, and any internal mobility options. You want to be ready to act immediately when the announcement is made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the announcement is formal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>EXAMPLE: First Conversation with Someone Facing Redundancy<\/strong>&#8220;I want to talk with you properly, not in a corridor. I know this is not the news you wanted. I also want you to know that what I&#8217;ve seen from you in this team is real, and I intend to say so loudly and specifically when you need me to. In the coming weeks, as you start to navigate what&#8217;s next, I want you to use me. References, introductions, a sounding board, I mean that concretely. You&#8217;re not on your own with this.&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not a speech. It is a commitment. Keep it short, keep it human, and, most importantly, follow through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Those Staying<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Name survivor syndrome before it becomes invisible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>EXAMPLE: Addressing the Team After an Announcement<\/strong>&#8220;I want to acknowledge something that doesn&#8217;t often get named in these situations. Some of you are staying, and you may be feeling some complicated things about that, relief, guilt, uncertainty about what your role looks like now. That&#8217;s completely normal, and I&#8217;d rather we name it than pretend it isn&#8217;t there. In the coming weeks, I&#8217;m going to be checking in with each of you individually. The door is genuinely open.&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Pay Particular Attention to Cultural Difference<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You lead a team of multiple nationalities. This matters more than it might appear in a situation like this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Different cultural backgrounds shape what people expect from a leader in times of uncertainty, what counts as appropriate disclosure, how direct communication should be, and what forms of support feel natural versus intrusive. Drawing on Hofstede&#8217;s cultural dimensions research: team members from high uncertainty-avoidance cultures (common in parts of Southern and Eastern Europe) may be experiencing this period with significantly more acute anxiety than colleagues from lower uncertainty-avoidance backgrounds. Team members from high power-distance cultures may be waiting for you to act, and may not feel it is their place to raise concerns unless you explicitly invite them. Team members from more individualist backgrounds may be quietly problem-solving alone, while those from more collectivist contexts may be most distressed by the threat to team cohesion rather than their individual role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In de praktijk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not about stereotyping, it is about paying closer attention than usual. A few concrete steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In one-on-ones, ask open questions about what support looks like to each person. Don&#8217;t assume. &#8220;What would be most helpful to you right now?&#8221; is a simple but powerful question.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be aware that some colleagues may communicate distress indirectly, through lower energy, shorter contributions in meetings, or reduced responsiveness. Don&#8217;t wait for them to knock on your door.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider whether your team&#8217;s preferred communication channels differ. Some colleagues may engage more readily in a structured one-on-one than in open team discussion; others the reverse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. Manage Your Own State, Because It Travels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the section that leaders most often skip. It shouldn&#8217;t be last; in some ways it&#8217;s foundational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your emotional state is not private. Research on emotional contagion, particularly the work of Hatfield, Cacioppo, and Rapson, demonstrates that team members automatically and unconsciously absorb the emotional signals of their leader. When you walk into a room carrying suppressed anxiety, exhaustion, or low-grade dread, it migrates. Your team does not need you to pretend to feel differently than you do. But they do need you to have somewhere to put what you are carrying, so that it does not leak unmanaged into your leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;You cannot pour from an empty vessel. But you also cannot lead well from one that is overflowing and has nowhere to drain.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br>&nbsp;In de praktijk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask yourself honestly: where is your support structure right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you have a peer, someone at your level or above, with whom you can speak candidly about what this feels like?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you have access to coaching or a confidential sounding board? This is precisely the kind of complex, role-specific, emotionally charged situation that executive or leadership coaching exists to support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are you protecting enough physical space, rest, movement, time away from screens, to stay resourced? Leadership under stress tends to hollow out these basics first, and they are not luxuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One specific practice that some leaders find useful in high-uncertainty periods: a brief daily check-in with themselves. Not a journal, not a lengthy reflection, simply a moment, perhaps before the working day begins, to ask: &#8220;What am I carrying today? What do I need to set down? What do I want to be true about how I show up?&#8221; It takes three minutes. Over weeks, it tends to shift the underlying tone of your leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Closing Thought: What Your Team Will Remember<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Periods of organisational upheaval are, paradoxically, among the most revealing of a leader&#8217;s character. Not because leadership under pressure is necessarily heroic, it often isn&#8217;t, but because it strips away the comfortable conditions under which leadership is easy and exposes what you actually stand for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your team is unlikely to remember, in five years, exactly what was decided and when. What they will remember is how you treated them. Whether you went quiet or stayed present. Whether you spoke plainly or hid behind corporate language. Whether you helped them hold their dignity through a process that easily could have stripped it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of the practices in this article require organizational permission. They require only that you show up, honestly, steadily, and with genuine care for the people in front of you. That is the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>In need for extra guidance with similar situations? 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