Bock - Work rules!: insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead

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

Laszlo Bocks book is 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 leader, every entrepreneur, every manager, every student, and 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 has written a remarkable book that reveals the secrets of becoming a talent powerhouse. He shows the many benefits of a high freedom culture with a mission that matters. And along the way, he topples pillar after pillar of conventional wisdom on hiring, training, assessing, and compensating the people who power your organization. If youre 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! 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 Im 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 todays 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. Its a handbook for high-performance teams that win.

John Doerr, managing director, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Some will think that WORK RULES! is a book about Google. It is, but mostly it is much more: a book about how to build people operating systems that permit any organization to get the smartest decisions from their workforce. 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.

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 Brown, CEO of IDEO and author of Change By Design

Laszlo Bock has done far more than codify Googles 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 Wiseman, author of Multipliers and Rookie Smarts

For Annabelle, Emily, and Lila

may you always love what you do