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Transition Leadership

Navigating the Complexities of Organisational Change

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  • Integrates and applies Buddhist philosophy with business and clinical psychology for practical application in organizations

  • Introduces a new Transition Leadership Practice, with practical methods and approaches for navigating and leading organizations through the transitional space

  • Explores the Transition Cycle with a new comprehensive framework

  • Introduces the concept of ambiguity anxiety, and discusses its impact on organizations as well as methods to navigate it

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Introduction

    • Catherine Hayes
    Pages 1-4
  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Transition Perspectives

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 7-16
    3. Territories of Transitions

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 17-32
    4. The Impact of Transitions

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 33-48
  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Self-Insight

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 51-65
    3. Team Transitions

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 67-83
    4. Creating Supportive Environments

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 85-104
    5. Transition Practices

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 105-127
  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Inquiry in Organisations

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 131-147
    3. Conducting Self-Inquiry

      • Catherine Hayes
      Pages 149-162
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 163-167

About this book

Integrating practitioner research with Buddhist philosophy, business and clinical psychology, this book provides a new perspective on leading change in organisations, supporting leaders and change professionals with insight into useful practices for today’s business environment. It identifies the unseen and overlooked complexities of the transition space, helping leaders to recognize patterns in their own leadership practices.  


This volume includes approaches for working at the intersection of complexity and ambiguity, and discusses how different mindsets impact behavior and outcomes which may get in the way of change agendas. It focuses on approaches for navigating the challenges of organisational transitions, while developing sustainable transition capabilities and practices 

A comprehensive new framework for understanding and shaping business management, Transition Leadership is a valuable resource for students and researches of business practices, work psychology, and transition and change, as well as current and future business and organizational leaders.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Transition Dynamics, London, UK

    Catherine Hayes

About the author

Catherine Hayes is an Organisation Development, Culture Transformation and Transition Leadership specialist.  With 30 years of improving operational and business performance through, systemic problem solving, designing, leading and facilitating organisation-wide transformation programmes.  Following two Executive Organisation Development roles in the Financial Services, Catherine transitioned into consulting in 2007, where she has worked across a broad range of industry sectors. 

Working in partnership with CEO’s, Boards and Executive teams, Catherine supports organisations to understand and navigate complex, development and transformation challenges to deliver tangible results.   Catherine’s passion and vocational purpose is supporting leaders and their organisations to embed Transition Leadership capabilities into their operational functioning.  Enabling leaders to utilise and replicate factors of success to enhance organisational effectiveness and create sustainable operational and business performance. 

Combining her practice and applied research with Buddhist philosophy, business and clinical psychology, Catherine has created transition diagnostic analytics and tools that support insight into the complex operational functioning of organisations.  She utilises her transition leadership methodology and development approach to enable leaders and their workforces to acquire transition capabilities while implementing their transformation agendas.  She also runs the Transition Leadership Series for Executive MBA’s at Cass Business School.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transition Leadership

  • Book Subtitle: Navigating the Complexities of Organisational Change

  • Authors: Catherine Hayes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42787-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42786-3Published: 28 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42789-4Published: 29 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42787-0Published: 15 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 167

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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eBook USD 54.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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