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Work Rules!

Insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead

A new book by Laszlo Bock, SVP of People Operations at Google

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller

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Work Rules!

Insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead

A new book by Laszlo Bock, SVP of People Operations at Google

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller

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

This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto with the potential to change how we work and live.

Drawing on behavioral economics and human psychology, Bock provides teaching examples from a range of industries. He also reveals why Google is consistently rated one of the best places to work, sharing counterintuitive principles that are easy to put into action.

WORK RULES! shows how to strike a balance between creativity and structure, leading to success you can measure in quality of life as well as market share. Read it to build a better company from within rather than from above; read it to reawaken the joy in what you do.

A dazzling revelation: at once an all-access backstage pass to one of the smartest organizations on the planet, and also an immensely useful blueprint for creating a culture of creativity. It should be given to...every human being who wants to understand how to build a successful, cohesive, high-performing workplace.

Daniel Coyle author of The Talent Code

Laszlo Bock...topples pillar after pillar of conventional wisdom on hiring, training, assessing, and compensating the people who power your organization. If you're looking for forehead-smacking insights along with an array of savvy new practices, WORK RULES! is an essential read.

Dan Pink author of Drive and To Sell is Human

WORK RULES! offers a bold, inspiring, and actionable vision that will transform the future of work. It should be mandatory reading for everyone who leads, manages, or has a job.

Adam Grant author of Give and Take

WORK RULES! is spectacular. I spent weeks with it, because I wanted to take such careful, detailed notes. I plan to share it with our entire Quiet Revolution team – and I'm sure that all company founders will do the same.

Susan Cain co-founder of Quiet Revolution and author of Quiet

WORK RULES! is an exceptional book aimed at any manager who wants great ideas for encouraging success from their team . . . an instant classic for the management shelf.

Ram Charan coauthor of Execution and advisor to boards and CEOs

With a clear-eyed, data-driven look into today's workplace, Bock reveals the non-traditional practices that can fundamentally transform businesses of all kinds.

Indra K. Nooyi chairman and CEO, PepsiCo

The finest book on organizational culture that I have ever read. WORK RULES! is the essential playbook for creating high-performance cultures that liberate people to do their most important work.

Tom Gardner founder and CEO, Motley Fool

WORK RULES! is more than a must-read business book. It's a handbook for high-performance teams that win.

John Doerr managing director, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

WORK RULES! is a surprising, unconventional book that is required reading for anyone looking for a job in the tech sector, and for every entrepreneur seeking new modes of innovative thinking.

Peter H. Diamandis chairman, XPRIZE; exec. chairman, Singularity

A riveting ringside view of people operations at Google. A deft marriage of research and practice that is full of practical tips. It is an indispensable book for all people managers.

Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao co-authors of Scaling up Excellence

As a company renowned for questioning our assumptions, it should be no surprise that Google has developed unique and profoundly effective approaches to culture, talent and leadership. By debunking many accepted HR practices, WORK RULES! establishes itself as a new testament for managing talent in modern times.

Tim BrownCEO of IDEO and author of Change By Design

Laszlo Bock has done far more than codify Google's recipe for its high-freedom, high-performance workplace, he has created the essential guide for unleashing talent in the digital age. Intelligent, playful, and practical, WORK RULES! is for all leaders who want to inspire brilliance and bring out the best of humanity in their workforce.

Liz Wisemanauthor of Multipliers and Rookie Smarts

Clearly written, evidence-based, with practical guidance and a cogent underlying philosophy, WORK RULES! needs to rule the world of work.

Jeffrey Pfeffer author of Leadership B.S.

Laszlo Bock

Laszlo Bock is Google’s Senior Vice President of People Operations, responsible for attracting, developing, retaining and delighting “Googlers.” Bock’s earlier experience spans executive roles at the General Electric Company, management consulting at McKinsey & Company, start-ups, non-profits, and acting.

During Bock’s tenure, Google has been named the Best Company to Work for more than 30 times around the world and received over 100 awards as an employer of choice. In 2010, he was named “Human Resources Executive of the Year” by HR Executive Magazine.

He owns a lot of comic books. A lot.

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WORK RULES!

Insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead