In The Human Relations Matrix: The Secret to Workplace Productivity, Jeremy Henderson offers a system designed to increase individual and collective productivity. Ideal for business and HR leaders, this book lays out Henderson’s system that combines strategic levers:

• Leadership
• Decision Making
• Organizational Social Structures
• Communication

with the tactical levers of:

• Program—what you will do
• System—how you will do it
• Training—teach people to do it
• Communication—information needed to do it

In a beautifully designed book, Henderson walks the reader through each step, rightly noting that all initiatives should begin with leadership, and all employees must eventually make decisions that should align with your values. Henderson also includes an organizational assessment so you can pinpoint what parts of the productivity matrix your company needs to focus on.

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