Transition Leadership


Navigating the Complexities of Organisational Change


Catherine Hayes



Transition Leadership


  • 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.


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.



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About The Author



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Catherine Hayes is an Organisation Transition and Transformation specialist. She supports leaders and their organisations to navigate and work with complex transition challenges to deliver tangible results. Combing 30 years of practice with 20 years of applied research, organisational, clinical psychology and Buddhist philosophy, she has created change processes and diagnostic analytics and tools that support insight into the complexities and functioning of organisations. Including the development of a Transition Leadership practice that supports leaders and their workforces to acquire transition capabilities, whilst implementing their transformation agendas. Catherine is also the creator and facilitator of the practitioner Exec MBA Transition Leadership Series at CASS Business School. 

Further information about Catherine's Transition Leadership practice can be found at www.transitiondynamics.co.uk



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