The phrase "a daunting transition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a change or shift that is intimidating or challenging.
Example: "Moving to a new city for a job can be a daunting transition for many people."
Alternatives: "a challenging change" or "an intimidating shift."
For many leaders, this represents a daunting transition.
The old model of export-led growth has taken China to a daunting transition point, but it is unlikely to carry it into the Promised Land.
With the Human Genome Project -- the effort to work out the sequence of the three billion chemical letters that embody human heredity -- nearly complete, biologists are facing a daunting transition.
Deila will have to manage a daunting transition.
The major plot developments this season are part of the past, with Novak Djokovic winning three of the four Grand Slam singles titles and succeeding in the daunting transition from serial contender to serial champion while assuring himself of the top spot in the year-end rankings.
While the health transition perspective seeks to provide some causation to the explanation of the secular changes in health and disease patterns in human populations, health transition represents different conceptual entities depending on the school of thought which have made progress towards a coherently crafted framework beyond Omran's epidemiological transition a daunting endeavor.
Annan and Malloch Brown knew the challenges of managing postwar transitions — a daunting task even in small countries like East Timor, which the U.N. oversaw between 1999 and 2002 — and they were quietly relieved that the Security Council had not asked the U.N. to run Iraq.
For this reason, writing a book on the subject of hydrodynamic stability theory and transition is a daunting endeavor, especially as any book on stability theory will have to follow into the footsteps of the classical treatises by Lin (1955), Betchov & Criminale (1967), Joseph (1971), and Drazin & Reid (1981).
The transition from home to college life is a daunting change which necessitates adaptation and the reconciliation of homesickness, and in some cases, existentialism.
Unsurprisingly, this effort to transition a company for the digital age is a daunting task.
"Transitioning from home school to college can be a daunting experience, especially with the lack of socialization that is associated with home schooling," says Los Angeles-based therapist Karen Hylen, who counsels people she says have not made the transition successfully.
