Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change

by William Bridges

The day they announce the reorganization, people know what their new roles are, who their new boss is, and who is on their team. In terms of the situational change, a new start is made on that very first day, but for weeks the old teams have a sort of shadow existence: people get together with old coworkers over coffee and go to their old bosses when they need advice about something.