Everything to too nuanced and uncertain in the effect of details for most leaders and followers to act upon. So we'll just end up reacting to whatever happens as though it was inevitable. "Turning the ship" is a common metaphor, this is more or less turning the entire fleet and it'll be messy and too late if it needed to be turned.
As Mark Mothersbaugh and Getald Cesale once quipped "Remember to do nothing when you don't know what to do."
Mothersbaugh played both sides of the fence though. He also told us that when a problem comes along, you must whip it.
Coincidentally I was listening to this song as I read your comment: