Barriers to Change

"Extremely interesting reading, with real examples from corporate life. It makes you think, stop, stop again think and look at things from another perspective. The questions at the end of each chapter are very suitable for application and would help to deal with quite a lot of team situations. The book would serve us as a guide on how to continue the change." Boris Sarabeev, Site Manager, Modis "Crystal clear, focused, and engaging. Plamen helps every thinking, working and conscientious person to cope with the unknown and the inconvenient. The book creates opportunities and solves the chronic problems of each team. Remarkable reading!" Ekaterina Karpuzova, Managing Director, Bayer Bulgaria EOOD "A must-read for every manager! I found in it inspiration, a plan, instructions, ideas, solutions, mind-provoking questions! Everything you need for a manager determined to embark on his adventure by analyzing, planning, and taking action to change yourself first and to see the world with "new" eyes! The book contains more than just answers and tips to problems I have encountered in my work with different teams, but also additional questions, which have helped me rethink things from a different angle and will even help me solve the same or similar cases in the future! I was inspired by many of the ideas for a clear plan, implemented in small steps, arranging priorities, having assertive communication, and the realization that we are responsible for everything that happens to us in life, and only we can change the world around us by starting the transformation with ourselves first! The book "Barriers to Change" will help me from now on throughout my professional career to be not only a better manager but also a better person! Natalia Stoyanova-Peron, Program Director, Coreteck Bulgaria Ltd."The book impresses me with understandable truths about teamwork, especially in the year when businesses have faced huge changes." Petrana Zaykova, Director, Tech Industry Bulgaria Ltd* All quoted reviews of readers are personal and express their own opinion.---The book "Barriers to Change: How Managers Overcome Them Together with Their Teams" is a follow-up to the books "Cold Shower for Managers" (2019) and "Park the Ego" (2020). The difference is that the new book includes more thought-provoking questions you can use as exercises in your team meetings. The book will be most useful to the managers, who will use its chapters for regular discussions with their teams, creating a space for a shared quest for answers to various questions regarding change and transformation. The book will help you structure your discussions and take a more rational approach to emotionally charged topics in teamwork.