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Managing Transitions
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Managing Transitions

Making the Most of Change

Da Capo Press, 2003
First Edition: 1991 更多详情

Editorial Rating

10

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

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. getAbstract highly recommends that you do so.

Take-Aways

  • Change and transition are not the same thing. Change means an alteration in circumstances, such as when employees will vacate their desks.
  • Transition is the psychological process of accepting and working through change.
  • The most important parts of managing transition are almost self evident, yet organizations routinely ignore, forget or neglect them.

About the Author

William Bridges is a consultant and lecturer based in Mill Valley, California. The Wall Street Journal has rated him one of the ten most popular executive development consultants in the United States. This book is an update of his 1991 classic. He is also the author of The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments, Transitions, JobShift and Creating You & Co.


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