Managing Transitions, 25th anniversary edition Making the Most of Change William Bridges 208p B01L6SLKJO

212 Pages·2018·23.25 MB·English

4th Edition • OVER 650,000 COPIES SOLD

THE BEST-SELLING GUIDE TO DEALING WITH THE
HUMAN SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

MAKING THE MOST
OF CHANGE

TransItIons

William Bridges, PhD with Susan Bridges

Author of the best-selling Transitions

Foreword by PAT RIC K lEN C ION I, best-selling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

PRAISE FOR

Managing Transitions

"Pick up any business book today and you will find words about unending
change. What better guide for this unrelenting change than someone who
has spenr decades studying and reporting on how to survive it? If you need
that guide-grab this book! William and Susan Bridges provide a road
map to get through the most difficult work and life passages."
-Beverly Kaye, founder, Career Systems International;
coauthor, Love <Em or Lose <Em

"This richly updated new edition of insightful Managing Transitions, by
William Bridges, filled with fresh and compelling examples, will be indis-
pensable for leaders trying to guide their organizations through a period of
unsettling change by managing the pain and uncertainty of the neutral
zone. A timely update to a timeless book."

-Sally Helgesen, author, The Female Vision, The Web of Inclusion,
The Female Advantage, and Thriving in 2417

"Managing change is a way of life in today's organizations, yet too often it's
handled poorly. That's why Managing Transitions has become the essential
guide on how to do it right. This new, revised edition deftly guides the
reader through the organizational change process from start to finish, offer-
ing practical advice grounded in the authors' vast experience working with
every size and type of organization. This book is must reading for every
leader, manager, and employee undergoing a change process. Come to
think of it, doesn't that include just about everyone?"
-John Alexander, president, Leadership Horizons and
former president and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership

"The most important idea I have encountered about organizational change

is this: great change requires human transition. Decades of experience have
proven that no magic set of steps, no financial incentive, no clever argu-
ment, and no threat can guarantee that a workforce will embrace change.
People need real help in psychologically transitioning to a new situation-
and that help is available here. In this fourth edition of Managing

Transitions, William and Susan Bridges further expand their proven ap-
proach for helping people and organizations embrace real change."

-Walter McFarland, coauthor of Choosing Change and
board chair emeritus for the Association for Talent

"Managing Transitions is an essential guide for leaders and Chief People

Officers who are navigating transitions and change within any organiza-
tion, It is also a handbook in life for dealing with endings, new beginnings,
and the disruptive 'neutral zone' in between. This book provides a pathway
to human and authentic leadership and a way to gracefully navigate through
the changes we all face in life."

-Gabrielle Toledano, EVP and chief talent officer,
Electronic Arts, Inc.

"Susan Bridges has done something generous, courageous, and brilliant
with her updating of this classic and treasured book by Bill Bridges. In a
collaborative process with the ideas of her late husband and business part-
ner, she has made the language, concepts, and examples fresh again and
available to a new audience. Bill's ideas have been fundamental to my own
practice, and now they will inspire a new generation of leaders and
change-makers to be wise, humane, and strategic, as they move their com-

plex organizations through an increasingly challenging and complex set of
realities."

-B. Kim Barnes, CEO, Barnes & Conti Associates and
author of Exercising Influence: Making Things Happen
at Work, at Home, and In Your Community

"Change is constant in today's global business environment, and yet change
management continues to be a challenge for most organizations. That's why
Managing Transitions remains an important book; it identifies the critically
important role that understanding the human side of transition plays in
effective change management. This updated edition is a must-read for any-
one who wants to lead change successfully."
-Tony Bingham, president and CEO for the
Association for Talent Development

Managing Transitions

OTHER BOOKS BY WILLIAM BRIDGES

Transitions

The ~y of Transition

JobShift

Creating You & Co.

The Character of Organizations

Surviving Corporate Transition

A Year in the Life

Managing
Transitions

MAKING THE MOST OF CHANGE

4TH EDITION

By William Bridges, PhD,
with Susan Bridges

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Tide: Managing transitions: making the mOSt of change /

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