Missing Pieces: 7 Ways to Improve Employee Well-Being and Organizational Effectiveness

Picking up a book with a title including the phrase “seven ways to...”, the reader is tempted to sneak a look at the list of seven management tips to see what is in store. In the case of Missing Pieces what strikes you is that the seven contain no surprises. They are: recognise your employees; support your employees; develop a culture of respect; reconcile work with personal life; control the workload; encourage and support autonomy and participation in decisions; and clarify everybody’s roles.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School