- Unknown Binding: 130 pages
- Publisher: Addison-Wesler (1997)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0006RYI8W
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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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.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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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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Durable Insights...Practical Suggestions
I read this book when it was first published (1991) and recently re-read this latest edition, curious to see how well Bridges' ideas have held up since then. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Robert Morris
received quickly, good book
prompt postage, so received it quickly. The "good "condition bit i would dispute a little, as there were quite a lot of notes in the book, written in pen, so could be a little... Read more
Published on 25 April 2010 by Mi Ss A. Henson
The first step of any project should be to read this book.
The main message of this book - "Never lose sight of the fact that is not so much that you are starting something new but it is that you are stopping something old". Read more
Published on 1 Aug 1999
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