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Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Laszlo Bock
4.03 AVERAGE
143 reviews for:
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Laszlo Bock
4.03 AVERAGE
I never thought I would consider a book about human resources to be insightful, but I've been proven wrong. I discovered this book from an article about how managers can gather effective feedback from others by asking the right questions. I picked up the book to learn more about Project Oxygen but ended up learning a lot more than I bargained for about recruiting/interviewing and other aspects of people operations.
Best quote: "You either believe people are fundamentally good, or you don't. If people are good, they should be free."
Best quote: "You either believe people are fundamentally good, or you don't. If people are good, they should be free."
A great read about what a company can accomplish when it puts its people first. Perhaps the most interesting was when he would explain the actual costs of implementing certain programs. I also had to chuckle at the nod to a CHRO I had the pleasure of working with at the end.
I bought this book in a bookstore in Sofia, Bulgaria.
I was really pleasantly surprised by this. In my army service, I feel like this huge new world of management (or as we call it, command) opened up before me. It's so fascinating, I didn't realize the amount of nuance and importance related to it.
I love that the end of the book has a summary of everything he says. I loved how easy it was to read this, how he had very clear and concise points while still being enjoyable to read. I feel like this is a book for everyone. If anything, it makes me feel a little better about Google ruling all of our personal information and being capable of destroying all of our lives very easily. At least they have a nice mission statement and are big on data and research?
Anyway, I have procrastinated too much and my life is falling apart so I will wrap up this short review now but this is an excellent book! I hope I will remember stuff from it and use it in my life.
What I'm Taking With Me
- Hiring is super important! Don't be afraid to seek out and wait for the best people!
- Once you've hired good people, it's important to reward them properly, give them freedom to do their thing, make it clear what are the goals of the project (my life would have been easier if my commanders would have done this in certain projects), and help them with compassion if they don't work well.
- I hope one day all companies will rid themselves of hierarchies.
- Ahh so much, just read the back of the book, future Roni!
I was really pleasantly surprised by this. In my army service, I feel like this huge new world of management (or as we call it, command) opened up before me. It's so fascinating, I didn't realize the amount of nuance and importance related to it.
I love that the end of the book has a summary of everything he says. I loved how easy it was to read this, how he had very clear and concise points while still being enjoyable to read. I feel like this is a book for everyone. If anything, it makes me feel a little better about Google ruling all of our personal information and being capable of destroying all of our lives very easily. At least they have a nice mission statement and are big on data and research?
Anyway, I have procrastinated too much and my life is falling apart so I will wrap up this short review now but this is an excellent book! I hope I will remember stuff from it and use it in my life.
What I'm Taking With Me
- Hiring is super important! Don't be afraid to seek out and wait for the best people!
- Once you've hired good people, it's important to reward them properly, give them freedom to do their thing, make it clear what are the goals of the project (my life would have been easier if my commanders would have done this in certain projects), and help them with compassion if they don't work well.
- I hope one day all companies will rid themselves of hierarchies.
- Ahh so much, just read the back of the book, future Roni!
Currently reading it, and I am disappointed - so far, full of the oh-so-wonderful fluff specific to highly successful technology companies. It seems a highly sugar-coated bloated account of how showering your colleagues with freedom and perks makes an all-around super company. As usual with most things, the truth must be much more nuanced, a few genius past decisions shaping a greatly profitable reputable company; so far, absolutely nothing in this direction. It's just a pinky fresh dewy company loving its employees all the way. Also the writing is mediocre at best. Sorry guys, I'm waiting to be impressed.
Sorry to say, I could not finish this book. Maybe I quit too soon, but could not handle the PR-ish brand-building quite condescending way of approaching this difficult business subject.
Sorry to say, I could not finish this book. Maybe I quit too soon, but could not handle the PR-ish brand-building quite condescending way of approaching this difficult business subject.
4 stars - really enjoyable book that anyone who has managed or is managing people will very likely enjoy. Written by the head 'People Operations' guy at Google, Laszlo shares all of his insights into what works and what doesn't when trying to get people to work together towards a common end (a company). Despite his vaunted position, written with humility and gentle humor mixed in across page after page of useful suggestions and tips. Highly recommended.
So I'm not in HR, not a manager, and I don't even work in a traditional corporate field. That being said I still thought it was pretty interesting. It was a lot less of the history of Google and more the nitty gritty of how Google runs itself and how the same principles can be used it different companies. If I was an HR person or I owned a company I would totally have loved it.
Un libro fondamentale sullo sviluppo organizzativo, che mette in luce tutte le dinamiche di motivazione, empowerment e sviluppo delle persone all'interno di un'organizzazione.
Bock racconta del grande lavoro fatto in Google, azienda che era la prima volta ha messo in campo le risorse necessarie per un grande studio su ciò' che funziona nello sviluppo delle risorse. ne esce una ricetta all'apparenza scontata, ma che in realtà ' mette in discussione tanti dei modi di fare HR fin qui applicati.
Bock racconta del grande lavoro fatto in Google, azienda che era la prima volta ha messo in campo le risorse necessarie per un grande studio su ciò' che funziona nello sviluppo delle risorse. ne esce una ricetta all'apparenza scontata, ma che in realtà ' mette in discussione tanti dei modi di fare HR fin qui applicati.
I loved this book because so frequently we (who work for massive bureaucracies) complain that we have little control over the plethora of human capital/personnel rules and restrictions that govern how we hire/fire/promote/etc - and the author does a fantastic job of not only identifying how companies can make big changes, but also how individual managers can make changes within their team to improve quality of life and work for everyone. The author uses research in behavioral economics human psychology and provides teaching examples of how other companies achieved results by valuing and listening to their employees. "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." - Laszlo Bock
Bock does a nice job explaining what makes Google's hiring and benefits culture work so well. His clear explanations of the essential roles of experimentation and measurement in improving workplace culture should be valuable to anybody who is thinking of how to improve the workplace. The text is also funny and engaging, so it's easy to read through it without feeling like you're plodding through a textbook. Yet, the book really serves that role; you'll learn a lot.
One of the most insightful and innovative business books I ever read. It's fun (although a bit dry when it gets too detailed), but it conserves the data-driven mindset that Google itself worships.
This should be obligatory for HR people or entrepreneurs.
This should be obligatory for HR people or entrepreneurs.