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Maximising employee potential and business performance: the role of High Performance WorkingMaximising employee potential andbusiness performance:the role of High Performance WorkingForewordEEF and CIPD have worked together to provide this briefing on a topic that we both see as fundamental to improvingproductivity in UK manufacturing and other sectors. This brief is unique in that it pulls together all the research that hasbeen conducted on High Performance Working (HPW), which makes a compelling case for its introduction. In addition, itprovides valuable information on implementation, maximising its impact and avoiding common pitfalls.The evidence base suggests that the use of HPW is limited in UK manufacturing and we hope that this document willencourage more firms to go down the HPW route. Effective human resource management is critical to maximising thereturns from investment in capital equipment, skills and innovation.1