Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00TUDIWR6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 589 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Drawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and with a profound grasp of human psychology, Bock also provides teaching examples from a range of industries - including companies that are household names but hideous places to work and little-known companies that achieve spectacular results by valuing and listening to their employees. Cleaving the knot of conventional management, some lessons from Work Rules! include: Take away managers' power over employees Learn from your best employees - and your worst Hire only people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find them Pay unfairly (it's more fair!) Don't trust your gut: use data to predict and shape the future Default to open: be transparent, and welcome feedbackIf you're comfortable with the amount of freedom you've given your employees, you haven't gone far enough Work Rules! shows how to strike a balance between creativity and structure, leading to success you can measure in quality of life as well as market share. From the visionary head of Google's innovative People Operations - a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work and a blueprint for attracting the
Excellent complement to "How Google Works" While Eric Schmidt's book "How Google Works" is better, Work Rules adds considerable depth on Google's People Operations practices. Here are my key takeaways:- Operate on the belief that people are fundamentally good- Use groups of peers or independent teams for: hiring, promotions, salary in. Very Useful Information Most books about business aren't worth reading because they're either a selective collection of anecdotes with unknown biases and completeness (eg. Malcolm Gladwell), a summary of the practices of a company that's often a 'flash-in-the pan' (eg. Baldrige Award winners), or the writings of som. Alex said Contains some content that's very useful -- and some that is less so. This book does have a lot of good, useful, and interesting information. Compared to another book I've read that also came out of Google (How Google Tests Software) I think this one is much better in terms of the content being actionable and thoughtful and, to my knowledge, reflecting how thin