People Glue
Hold on to your best people by setting them free

By (author) Helen Beedham

ISBN13: 9781788607780

Imprint: Practical Inspiration Publishing

Publisher: Practical Inspiration Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 20/01/2026

Availability: Not yet available

Description
How ‘sticky’ is your organization? It’s not enough to get good people through the door: the crucial question is how long they’ll stay. When you lose hard-to-replace colleagues to competitors, self-employment, retirement or ‘a better life’, your business can quickly come unstuck. As a leader, it’s your job to retain and motivate the people with the skills, expertise and commitment your business needs to win. So how do you create a ‘sticky’ organization that makes your most valued employees want to stay? You give them freedom. Helen Beedham unpacks this paradox in this insightful guide for CEOs, COOs, CPOs and any leader who wants to fuel growth and reduce risk and costs by retaining talented people. She shows how businesses that enjoy stellar rates of retention have freedom in their DNA and how you can develop this low-risk, win-win approach too. Discover: The anti-freedom forces at work that weaken your glue. The four freedoms that your organization should be offering. How to measure your performance on the Freedom Index.
Introduction Part I – Sticky organizations Chapter 1 – People glue Chapter 2 – Why people stay Chapter 3 – Why retention matters Part II – Freedom at work Chapter 4 – The freedom evolution Chapter 5 – Freedom unpicked Chapter 6 – Anti-freedom forces Part III - The four freedoms Chapter 7 – Autonomy Chapter 8 - Growth Chapter 9 - Self-expression Chapter 10 - Meaningful work Part IV – Operationalising freedom Chapter 11 – Freedom framework. Chapter 12 – Leading freedom. Chapter 13 – Managers as freedom coaches Chapter 14 – Overstaying Chapter 15 – When freedom fails Conclusion: Taking freedom forward Appendix: Q&A
  • Organizational theory & behaviour
  • Management: leadership & motivation
  • General (US: Trade)
Height:216
Width:140
Spine:19
Weight:364.00
List Price: £14.99