For something that we have been experiencing all our lives, most of us handle change very badly. We switch careers and marriages more often than ever before, we move from one city to another, meet different people every day, yet, each change brings with it new fears and further confusion. How can we better handle these difficult, painful ...
From the most trusted voice on transition, a revised edition of the classic practical guide to dealing with the human side of organizational change. The business world is a place of constant change, with stories of corporate mergers, layoffs, bankruptcy, and restructuring hitting the news every day. Yet as veteran consultant William Bridges ...
The author of the best-selling Transitions turns inward, revealing how personal tragedy can yield growth and rejuvenation. William Bridges' lifelong work has been devoted to a deep understanding of transitions and to helping others through them. When his own wife of thirty-five years died of cancer, however, he was thrown head-first into the kind ...
True security comes not from clinging to a job, but from doing the work youre best at for the employers who need it. By learning that approach you can cement your value to your current employer, shape a new job for yourself, start a small company, or blaze your own path. No matter what shape your You & Co. takes, we will all need to learn the ...
The business day is hectic enough. When coupled with radical changes, such as layoffs and cutbacks, it can be crippling. Bridges, a noted management consultant, guides readers through the issues such changes can bring about and what companies can do to minimize the damage. MANAGING TRANSITIONS offers a look inside the fragile psyche of a company ...
An organization's character shapes how decisions get made and new ideas are received. In this book, William Bridges identifies 16 organizational character types using the framework of MBTI personality types and shows how these influence an organization's growth and development.
The author of the bestselling Transitions turns inward, revealing how personal tragedy can yield growth and rejuvenation.. Twenty years ago Bill Bridges brought us Transitions, the perennial best seller that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers cope with personal and professional upheaval, providing a practical road map of the natural ...
This updated edition of the time-tested classic includes the 'Organizational Character Index,' Bridges' popular tool for assessing the character of your own organization or team. An enormous consulting industry has sprung up promising to help organizations overhaul themselves to meet today's competitive pressures. Yet far too often, such change ...
The source of Fortune s widely discussed cover story The End of the Job, Job Shift breaks open our traditional work world. For all employees, executives, and entrepreneurs it reveals the new employment realities and uncovers new opportunities. Read Job Shift to understand how to generate secure work for yourself next yearand how well think about ...
What is disappearing today is not just a certain number of jobs, or jobs in certain industries, or jobs in some parts of the UK - or even jobs in the West as a whole. What is disappearing is the very thing itself: the job. In fact, many organizations are today well along the path towards being "de-jobbed". People will have to learn new ways to ...
Using numerous examples from businesses that have successfully undergone transition, this invaluable volume presents step-by-step strategies for reducing the human costs involved and tells managers what to expect, giving them practical suggestions for actions.
In "Under the Heaven Tree," journalist and poet William Bridges paints a rich picture of growing up in two Indiana towns, Franklin and Vincennes, from the 1930s through the 1950s. It is the story of an unusual family of artists, of a secret marriage, of hidden scandal, and the characters who once populated small towns, including the creator of the ...
The pain and challenge of transition--a time of letting go of the past while taking hold of the future--is explored with depth and wisdom in this book that offers an abundance of insights without falling into self-help cliches or specific how-to advice. Examining life events that bring about transition such as marriage, death, change of vocation, ...
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