Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo Bock is a reprint edition published by Grand Central Publishing on January 12, 2022. This 416-page book explores the philosophy of work and offers a blueprint for attracting and nurturing exceptional talent within organizations. Bock, the former head of People Operations at Google, presents insights into creating a more motivating and humane work environment, emphasizing the importance of data-driven decision-making and transparency.
Readers will find practical lessons drawn from behavioral economics and human psychology, illustrated with examples from various industries. The book discusses strategies such as empowering employees, learning from both high and low performers, and fostering a culture of openness and feedback. By distilling 15 years of research and experience at Google, Bock provides actionable principles aimed at improving workplace dynamics and enhancing overall job satisfaction. This edition is available in English and is designed for those interested in business, management, and leadership.
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From the visionary head of Google’s innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work-and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring that they succeed.
“We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It’s not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing.” So says Laszlo Bock, former head of People Operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge.
This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto that offers lessons including:
- 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 feedback
- If you’re comfortable with the amount of freedom you’ve given your employees, you haven’t gone far enough.
Drawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and a profound grasp of human psychology, WORK RULES! also provides teaching examples from a range 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. Bock takes us inside one of history’s most explosively successful businesses to reveal why Google is consistently rated one of the best places to work in the world, distilling 15 years of intensive worker R&D into principles that are easy to put into action, whether you’re a team of one or a team of thousands.
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. Read it to build a better company from within rather than from above; read it to reawaken your joy in what you do.
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