"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." So says Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at the company Drawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and with a profound grasp of human psychology, Bock shares the following insights from his forthcoming book, WORK RULES! Below are some of the insights he shares- Take away managers' power over employees Learn from your best employees--and your worst Only hire people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find them Pay unfairly (it's more fair!) Don't trust your gut: use data to predict and shape the future Default to open: be transparent, and welcome feedback If you're comfortable with the amount of freedom you've given your employees, you haven't gone far enough There's more here if you're interested- http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
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