Work Rules!

Laszlo Bock was in charge of Google's people department, which was in charge of attracting, developing, retaining, and pleasing "Googlers." Bock's previous experience includes executive positions at General Electric, management consulting at McKinsey & Company, start-ups, non-profits, and acting. During Bock's tenure, Google was awarded the Best Company to Work For over thirty times worldwide and garnered over 100 honors as an employer of choice. Human Resources Executive magazine recognized him Human Resources Executive of the Year in 2010.

"We devote more time to work than to everything else in our lives. It is not acceptable that the workplace environment is so demotivating and demeaning." Laszlo Bock, former head of People Operations at the firm that changed the way the world interacts with knowledge, agrees.

This realization is at the center of Work Rules!, a fascinating and unexpectedly funny credo that offers lessons such as:

• Remove managers' authority over employees.
• Learn from your best and worst employees.
• Hire only smarter individuals than you, no matter how long it takes to locate them.
• Pay inequitably (it's more equitable!
• Don't believe your instincts: Make use of data to forecast and shape the future.
• Be open and transparent by default, and embrace comments.
• If you're satisfied with the amount of autonomy you've granted your staff, you haven't gone far enough.

Work Rules! also provides teaching examples from a variety of industries—including lauded companies that happen to be hideous places to work and little-known companies that achieve spectacular results by valuing and listening to their employees—drawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and a profound understanding of human psychology. Bock takes us inside one of history's most explosively successful businesses to reveal why Google is consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the world, distilling 15 years of intensive worker R&D into principles that are simple to implement, whether you're a team of one or a team of thousands.

Work Rules! explains how to achieve a balance between creativity and organization, resulting in success that can be measured in terms of both quality of life and market share. Read it to develop a better organization from inside rather than from without; read it to rediscover your passion for your work.

Author: Laszlo Bock

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Work-Rules-Insights-Inside-Transform/dp/1455554790

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