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Google's approach to people operations is based on the belief that people are fundamentally good and should be given a high degree of freedom, authority, and ownership in their work. This approach impacts how employees are treated, the level of empowerment they are given in the business, and their overall job satisfaction. Google also helps its employees see the meaning in their work and how it contributes to a greater good, which inspires them to constantly innovate and push beyond their limits.
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All that's needed to replicate Google's people success in your own workplace is the belief that people are fundamentally good, and a commitment to create a culture of "high-freedom," which values liberty, authority and ownership. "If you believe people are good, they should be free," Bock says. This belief will profoundly impact how you treat employees, the freedom and empowerment you give them in the business and the resulting happiness they will feel about their work. Everyone wants to feel like what they do matters, so help your employees see the meaning in their work. Show them how it contributes to a greater good or benefits others. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google knows it will never achieve its aspirational mission because there will always be more information to organize and more ways to make it useful. That is what inspires Googlers to constantly innovate and push beyond anything they can imagine rig...
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