As you look at each of the eight essentials in the subsequent chapters, the action steps for the essentials tie you back to the steps for leading change. A practical book that begins with a chapter on each of the three generations and then introduces six church models for reaching the three generations. At the end of this book McIntosh devotes a chapter to changing your church. Strategies for Change, Lyle Schaller, Abingdon Press, 1993. This is one of the early classics on change and includes information on the way people respond to change and also descriptions of the three levels of changes that are listed in the introduction to this section.
Bridges looks at the human side of change.
This book addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. This book helps you understand that the neutral zone of any change is the transition time. It is the time of uncertainty between what was and what will be. This is the time when change is either successful or derailed. This is a short book with good check lists and case studies.