People and Culture: A Practical Guide for HR Professionals and Leaders

David Liddle

ISBN 10: 139861680X / ISBN 13: 9781398616806

Published by Kogan Page January 2026, 2026

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used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: People and Culture: A Practical Guide for HR Professionals and Leaders
• Publisher: Kogan Page January 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 139861680X
• ISBN 13: 9781398616806
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
  • business

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Synopsis

Drive cultural transformation that delivers performance, resilience and long-term business value.

People and Culture is a strategic guide for CEOs, CHROs, HR leaders and senior executives who want to build high-performing organizations through a purpose-led, values-driven and people-centric approach. Written by leading culture and conflict management expert David Liddle, this book shows how to shift from isolated people or culture initiatives to a unified, enterprise-wide approach that strengthens governance, improves engagement and accelerates results.

Featuring the innovative People and Culture Operating Model, this book equips senior leaders to align purpose, values, strategy and behavior while creating fair, inclusive and sustainable workplace cultures that unlock both human and commercial value.

You'll learn how to:
- Integrate people, culture and strategy to drive organizational performance
- Align the EVP with culture to strengthen attraction, retention and long-term loyalty
- Apply systems thinking, emotional intelligence and strategic communication at leadership level
- Conduct cultural audits and address toxic behaviors through a proven playbook

With real-world examples and a practical roadmap for sustainable transformation, People and Culture enables senior leaders to strengthen engagement, elevate performance and build organizations where people thrive.

Themes include: people and culture strategy, organizational transformation, leadership, EVP, workplace culture, systems thinking, senior HR strategy

About the Author

David Liddle is the CEO of the TCM Group, founding editor of The People Leader Magazine and president of the People and Culture Association. For over twenty years, David Liddle and his team have been delivering award winning people, culture and leadership programmes for organizations across the globe. Based in London, UK, in 2025 he was recognised as the Most Influential HR Thinker by HR Magazine, and he is a member of the Thinkers50 Radar. He is a proud Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and the RSA. In 2025, he was also awarded the prestigious Consultant of the Year Award at the Consultancy Awards. He is author of Managing Conflict and Transformational Culture, both of which are published by Kogan Page.