Managing Transitions (25th anniversary edition): Making the Most of Change

An insightful bestselling guide to managing organizational change, now revised and updated for today's rapidly changing work environments.

"William and Susan Bridges provide a road map to get through the most difficult work and life passages." ―Beverly Kaye, co-author of Love 'Em or Lose 'Em

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 managers 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.

"Masterfully reintroduces [Bridge's] exceptional work to a new generation." ―Jim Kouzes, co-author of the international bestselling The Leadership Challenge

William Bridges, PhD, was an internationally known speaker, consultant, and author, and a preeminent authority on change. For decades, he showed thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations how to deal more productively with transition.

Susan Bridges is president of William Bridges Associates. She lives in Marin County, California.