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Managing transitions

by Bridges, William · first published 1991

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The business world is transforming. Stories of layoffs, bankruptcy, mergers, and restructuring appear in the news every day. When these changes hit the workplace, the actual situational shifts are often not as difficult for employees and managers to work through as the psychological components that accompany them. Indeed, organizational transitions affect people; it is always people who have to embrace a new situation and carry out the corresponding change. The job of managing workplace change can be difficult; managed poorly, the result can be disastrous to the morale and stability of the sta

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  • eatonphil · Jun 20, 2021 · Recommends

    …And I've worked everywhere in companies of varying size between F500 and Series A. I do agree The Manager's Path is a good one though. Some other favorites are High Output Management by Andy Grove, Managing Transitions by William Bridges, The Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno, Measure What Matters by John Doerr, Peopleware by Tom DeMarco, The Innovator's Dilemma, etc.

    on “Engineering Management” ↗
  • lclaude01 · Apr 29, 2011 · Mentions

    …gut 49.judgment 50.the leader in me 51.life makeovers 52.linked 53.the long walk 54.madde to stick 55.the magic of thinking 56.man's search for meaning 57.managing in the next society 58.managing oneself 59.managing transitions 60.the mariage you always wanted 61.the message 62.mindfulness 63.Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game 64.the new psycho-cybernetics 65.the no asshole rule 66.outliers 67.the personnality code 68.planet…

    on “Ask HN: Must Read Books” ↗

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