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This summary of work rules is provided to remind and including discharge. Learn the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. The company reserves the right to modify these work rules and their application in its judgment. So says laszlo bock, head of people operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge. Google receives over 1,500,000 unique applications for jobs every year. Take away managers power over employees learn from your best employeesand your worst hire only people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find them pay unfairly its more fair. One of the best books i have read on company culture and hiring practices with a lot of practical and actionable advice included.
If an employee knwows that her prospects of moving ahead are heavily dependent on the whims and fancies of one or two managers, it would naturally lead to sycophancy, politicking, and a. Each chapter ends with work rules which summarize the chapter, and the book ends with a list of all the work rules. Moneyballthe title of michael lewiss famous book and the subsequent movie. Jun 06, 2015 a second pertinent point that laszlo talks about is the fact that in most companies, there is a significant power asymmetry between the managers and employees. A second pertinent point that laszlo talks about is the fact that in most companies, there is a significant power asymmetry between the managers and employees. So says laszlo bock, former head of people operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge.
How the worlds best managers create great places to work ervin laszlo kakossy laszlo ervin laszlo akasha sie hat bock e. Given that over twothirds of mergers and acquisitions fail to create value. Jessie wisdom, started humu to make work better through machine learning, science, and a little bit of love. How to learn from your best employees and your worst why you should only hire people who are smarter than you are take away managers powers over employees and why not to trust your gut instinct we spend more time working than doing anything else in life.
These include giving your own work meaning, focusing on turning overperformers into teachers and working with underachievers to do better, not confusing development with managing performance. Work rules for hiring invest a disproportionate amount of resources on recruiting work to hire 90 th percentile performers versus working on training average performers with the hope they will improve hire the best by following these rules hire slowly hire people better. Nonetheless, bock offers his own interpretation in the form of 10 work rules that can help transform a workplace into a high freedom environment. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. We are an online portal thats works with a motto of distributing donated books among people. Work rules by laszlo bock bock says the best way to get to the essence of great management is to strip away all the tools on which managers tend to rely, notably power. Googles founders, larry page and sergey brin, knew they wanted to create the worlds best search engine. Chapter 2 work rulesfor building a great culture think of your work as a calling, with a mission that matters. It is an indispensable book for all people managers. Bock says a large training budget, however, is usually a sign that you failed to hire the right individuals to begin with. Googles famous workplace culture didnt just emerge out of thin air.
Apr 02, 2015 twice in the first 22 pages of work rules. First, start small, keep doing deals, and learn as much and as fast as you can. Tim brown, ceo of ideo and author of change by design laszlo bock has done. Sutton and hayagreeva rao, coauthors of scaling up excellence. Where can i find the ebook work rules by laszlo bock.
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