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

by David Liddle (Author)

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

Author Biography

David Liddle is the CEO of The TCM Group and president of the People and Culture Association. For over 25 years, he and his team have been delivering award winning conflict resolution, leadership development and cultural change programmes for organizations across the globe. Based in London, UK, he was named as the number one Most Influential HR Thinker of 2025 by HR Magazine. He is also the author of Managing Conflict and Transformational Culture, both published by Kogan Page.