Google's approach to people management has significantly influenced the tech industry in several ways. Firstly, Google's belief in the inherent goodness and trustworthiness of people has led to the creation of a workplace environment that promotes freedom, fulfillment, and happiness. This has inspired many tech companies to adopt similar philosophies in their people management strategies. Secondly, Google's focus on improving teams from the inside out, rather than top-down, has encouraged a shift in leadership styles across the industry. Lastly, Google's success has demonstrated the effectiveness of these strategies, further encouraging their adoption across the tech industry.

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Work Rules! is a detailed playbook for leaders who strive to emulate Google's people success in their own teams and organizations. This manifesto of simple truths offers transformative guidance to leaders who want to improve teams from the inside out instead of top down. That will not happen by institutionalizing some complex quality or productivity improvement methodology such as Six Sigma or Total Quality Management. This is about human beings and how we treat one another. Everything that has made Google wildly successful in the past 22 years is rooted in the fundamental belief that people are good and can be trusted. This is what has enabled Google to design a workplace where Googlers feel free, fulfilled, happy and able to efficiently manage both their personal and work lives. It doesn't get any more complicated than that.

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Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

Laszlo Bock, Google’s innovative Senior Vice President of People Operations, offers his best answers to these puzzling questions in his book Work Rule...

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