- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Perseus Books; export ed edition (24 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0738208248
- ISBN-13: 978-0738208244
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 272,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Bill Bridges is right on target. The situational examples are very real-to-life - Managing Transitions is exactly right for corporate employees. It's one of the best books I've read." - Debbie Biondolillo, Vice President of Human Resources, Apple Computer "Change and rate of change are more dynamic today than ever. Bill Bridges has attacked an area of managing change that many not only avoid, but also do not even recognise the human side of change. Managing Transitions can certainly help an organisation understand change better and develop improved change strategies." Robert Levy, Personnel Programmes Manager, Corporate Education, Hewlett-Packard"
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From the most trusted voice on transition, a revised edition of the classic practical guide to dealing with the human side of organizational change. The business world is a place of constant change, with stories of corporate mergers, layoffs, bankruptcy, and restructuring hitting the news every day. Yet as veteran consultant William Bridges maintains, the situational changes are not as difficult for companies to make as the psychological transitions. In the best-selling Managing Transitions , Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization. Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, Bridges shows how to minimize the distress and disruptions caused by change. Managing Transitions addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. When the book was originally published a decade ago, Bridges was 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. With new information and commentary on layoffs, corporate suspicion, and the increasing tumult in the business world, Managing Transitions remains the definitive guide to dealing with change.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Practical, tactical and easy to follow. Invaluable.,
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This review is from: Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change (Paperback)
This books helps one get one's arms around the "soft" - but most difficult - side of change. I cannot tell you how many brilliant implementation plans fail because consultants and organizations did not plan ahead and take into account the material covered in this book. Checklists and clear descriptions help even the most analytical types understand the human side of change and tactics needed to make change successful. I recommend this book to all my friends - from McKinsey consultants to ministers and non-profit managers.
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This is one of the most succinct and clearly written business books you will ever read. Author William Bridges uses language with care and precision, delivering the goods without any superfluous jargon. He cites many welcome quotations on change and innovation from a wide range of writers and thinkers whose work is not usually found in business books. He places these quotations in context with aptly chosen examples of recent business transitions, bringing intelligence and sensibility to a subject too often addressed only with clichés and cant. Only those who have read many business books can fully appreciate the value of such an approach. Others will merely find that they are able to read this book from cover to cover without at any point having to wonder what the author really means to say. Managing transitions is really about helping people deal with fear and uncertainty — the key is to build trust and confidence. Everything Bridges says flows from that common sense insight, and seems obvious and necessary once he says it, though it may not seem as evident to you until you read his book. We highly recommend that you do so.
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Invaluable missing link in organisational change management,
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This review is from: Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change (Paperback)
As CEO of an organisation that lost 3/4 of its income due to government policy changes, and 3/4 of staff made redundant, this book proved a godsend. Not only did it reinforce what steps I had already taken to reinvent the business before we went out of business, but it also provided further practical advice on additional steps I and we should be taking to make the transition from the 'old' to the 'new' focus. Importantly it then it addressed strategies for continuing to manage constant change. So it helped us over the immediate crisis, and also will give useful support in the future. This book is an invaluable resource for the individual or organisation that exists in a volatile marketplace (and who doesn't?). It stresses the critical 'soft' management skills that are often overlooked, wheras many other texts address the structural process of change alone.
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