The Workplace Family: A Framework For Getting The Best From Your Employees by Tom Collins: Getting the best performance from employees is the key to success of any manager. Of all the motivational tools, both classic and newer fad approaches, immersing employees in an organizational environment that stimulates a sense of family is the most effective in motivating people to do their best. Permeating the organization with a set of positive informal values that characterize a family can create this family spirit. In this book the author defines the values that are most effective in stimulating feelings of family and describes how to instill them in your organization.