Book description
From the most trusted voice on transition, this is a thoroughly
updated and expanded edition of the classic guide to dealing with the
human side of organizational change. Directed at managers and
employees alike in today's business world where constant change is the
norm and mergers, redundancy, bankruptcy and restructuring have become
common phenomena, this work addresses the fact that it is people that
have to embrace a new situation and carry out the corresponding
changes. This is an expanded and revised third edition with new
introduction and afterword.
Calm, lucid and encouraging. Bridges' book remains a classic years
after it first appeared - praise indeed in a time of great change. His
range of anecdotes and quotations is impressive, his arguments logical
and persuasive. Management Today. William Bridges PhD is a preeminent
authority on change and managing change in the workplace. A former
literature professor, he initiated his own career change to become an
adviser and consultant, founding William Bridges & Associates in
1981 to help organizations and individuals deal more successfully with
transition. William Bridges' assistance has been utilized in several
hundred organizational mergers, reorganizations, leadership changes, and
cultural shifts. He is the distinguished author of many books, including
The Character of Organizations, published by Davies-Black, an imprint of
Nicholas Brealey Publishing. The Wall Street Journal has listed him
among the top ten independent executive development presenters in the
United States.
