Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change - Softcover

Bridges, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201550733 ISBN 13: 9780201550733

Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc, 1991

Synopsis

Every day the newspapers report more corporate mergers and restructuring. Every day thousands of lives are altered by these changes. Most managers and employees, however, do not have the experience to effectively work through such transitions. In Managing Transitions, William Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization, and he shows how to minimize the distress and disruptions caused by change.Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, where change is necessary to revitalize and improve corporate performance, Managing Transitions addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. It not only talks about what should be done, but also shows how to do it, giving managers practical ways to bring the people "on board." Armed with this new information, managers will look at future changes in a new way, no longer feeling anxious and hopeless, but rather looking at opportunities.Everybody talks about "managing change" and "resistance to change," but Bridges is the first to talk about what is going on inside the people who have to make the change work. He is the first to provide any real sense of the emotional impact of change and what can be done to keep it from disrupting the entire organization. Bridges's years of experience helping organizations and individuals successfully take control of change has proven the need for specific, concrete guidelines for dealing with change. Managing Transitions provides these guidelines.

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Review:

Bookviews blog, October
“Filled with excellent advice for those in leadership positions who need a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization.”

Alaska Journal of Commerce, 12/13/09
“If your giftee has experienced a lot of change this year (or anticipates some in 2010), wrap up Managing Transitions...This book includes thought-provoking quizzes.” Toronto Globe and Mail, 8/3/10 #7 on the “Bestselling Business Books” list

Sandra Ford, President of the School Nutrition Association, quoted inFood Management, March 2013“The most important book I’ve read recently.”

Synopsis:

A practical guide to help managers and employees understand and successfully cope with organizational change.. }Every day the newspapers report more corporate mergers and restructuring. Every day thousands of lives are altered by these changes. Most managers and employees, however, do not have the experience to effectively work through such transitions. In Managing Transitions, William Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization, and he shows how to minimize the distress and disruptions caused by change.Directed at managers and employees in todays corporations, where change is necessary to revitalize and improve corporate performance, Managing Transitions addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. It not only talks about what should be done, but also shows how to do it, giving managers practical ways to bring the people on board. Armed with this new information, managers will look at future changes in a new way, no longer feeling anxious and hopeless, but rather looking at opportunities.Everybody talks about managing change and resistance to change, but Bridges is the first to talk about what is going on inside the people who have to make the change work.

He is the first to provide any real sense of the emotional impact of change and what can be done to keep it from disrupting the entire organization. Bridgess years of experience helping organizations and individuals successfully take control of change has proven the need for specific, concrete guidelines for dealing with change. Managing Transitions provides these guidelines. }

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0201550733
• ISBN 13: 9780201550733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144