Managing transitions Making the most of change
Book - 2016
The business world is constantly transforming. When restructures, mergers, bankruptcies, and layoffs hit the workplace, employees and managers naturally find the resulting situational shifts to be challenging. But the psychological transitions that accompany them are even more stressful. Organizational transitions affect people; it is always people, rather than a company, who have to embrace a new situation and carry out the corresponding change. As veteran business consultant William Bridges explains, transition is successful when employees have a purpose, a plan, and a part to play. This indispensable guide is now updated to reflect the challenges of today's ever-changing, always-on, and globally connected workplaces. Directed at man...agers on all rungs of the corporate ladder, this expanded edition of the classic bestseller provides practical, step-by-step strategies for minimizing disruptions and navigating uncertain times. --Cover.
- Subjects
- Published
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Boston, MA :
Da Capo Lifelong Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
[2016]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Physical Description
- xv, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780738219653
- PART ONE. THE PROBLEM
- It isn't the Changes That Do You In
- Test Case
- PART TWO: SOLUTION
- How to Get People to Let Go
- Leading People through the Neutral Zone
- Launching a New Beginning
- Transition, Development, and Renewal
- PART THREE: DEALING WITH NONSTOP CHANGE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND IN YOUR LIFE
- How to Deal with Nonstop Change
- PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
- Practice Case
- Conclusion
- Afterword / Steven Kelban
- Appendices
- A: Assessing Your Transition Readiness
- B: Planning for Transition
- C: Setting Up a Transition Monitoring Team
- D: Career Advice for Employees of Organizations in Transition
- E: Leader's Role in Times of Transition.