Author: Lazlo Bock
Lazlo Bock is the head of the People Operations at Google. During his tenure, Google was named Best Company to Work for over 30 times, in places all around the globe. With such a stellar record, there must be a few things that they are doing right and Lazlo gives us all the low-down in this book.
There are many anecdotes that are part of Google legend that you can read about here. Along the way you will find nuggets of wisdom that apply to any work place. Lazlo starts by highlighting the importance of founders. While Google is blessed with some truly amazing founders in Larry & Sergey, Lazlo reminds us that being a “founder” is a state of mind. You don’t have to start a company to be a founder, you can be the leader of a group and behave like a founder and lead by example.
Lazlo describes several of the cool initiatives that Google has going and is quick to point out that many of them are free or cost very little to operate. All it takes is the willingness to say “Yes” and trust your employees. He delves into the question of equitable pay and makes the case for top performers to be paid “unfairly” large sums of money.
At times, I felt that Lazlo falls victim to believing that everything that Google has done is right. It would have been interesting to read about some of the failed initiatives as we learn more from failures than from successes. Nevertheless, there is a ton of useful information in the book that I am eager to implement in my workplace. I recommend this book to anyone who cares to make their work a better place!
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