Good Bye
Leading Change Better by Attending to Endings

Available in the US and UK in paperback, hardcover and eBook at Amazon, Waterstones, Bookshop.org, or wherever you buy books.

Published by Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley Bowers in April 2025, Good Bye: Leading Change Better by Attending to Endings is a book that guides leaders through the REAR framework of creating brighter beginnings.

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  • "An excellent book - intelligent, thoughtful and practical. It builds on the work of highly regarded authors and offers new and hugely valuable insights and a framework to apply to individuals, teams and organisations. The authors clearly speak from real experience which brings the ideas to life. Each stage of the framework adds real value. Love the practical exercises and its accessibility - I finished it in a couple of sessions - and I know I can immediately apply this knowledge."

    — Debra Woods

  • "This is a book which has inspired me, opening my mind to the ways we can better manage endings not only in roles of leadership but also in all other areas of my professional and personal life. A great and easy read, where I also thoroughly enjoyed the unique podcast final chapter. I have and will continue to recommend this book."

    — Susie b

  • "I enjoyed this thought provoking and well written book immensely. It has a model to be taken into every day life as well as the work place. Invaluable for business leaders and everyone of us who have Endings to navigate."

    — Mike C

Beyond Good Bye

From facilitation kits to bespoke one-day coaching, these are the resources that bring the message of Good Bye to life beyond the page.

The Good Bye Facilitation Kit
Lead others to Brighter Beginnings

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The Good Bye Podcast
The Myriad Series, leading you through issues of redundancy, promotion and progression, mergers, and retirement.

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Equipping the Architects and Implementors
Leadership coaching that builds organisational capability around endings

Most useful to invest in when:

  • Organisations are navigating restructuring or significant change programmes

  • Senior leadership exits or successions are underway

  • A programme, phase of work or transformation is coming to a close

  • There is a sense that something important is unfinished, but difficult to name

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