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Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
- Narrated by: Patty McCord, Alex Hyde White
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley.
McCord advocates practicing radical honesty in the workplace, saying good-bye to employees who don’t fit the company’s emerging needs, and motivating with challenging work, not promises, perks, and bonus plans. McCord argues that the old standbys of corporate HR—annual performance reviews, retention plans, employee empowerment and engagement programs—often end up being a colossal waste of time and resources. Her road-tested advice, offered with humor and irreverence, provides readers a different path for creating a culture of high performance and profitability.
Powerful will change how you think about work and the way a business should be run.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-05-18
Very interesting.
Good advice, well narrated and not too full of waffle and padding, quite good, would recommend if your interested in the Netflix culture
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- varun
- 08-04-19
easy read and insightful
it's a good read. writer's approach is different from other traditional thinkers and yet effective.. enjoyed it and learnt new lessons...
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- msdmcdonald
- 07-06-20
Calling all HR Professionals!
Patty McCord is a true breath of fresh air! The CO-CEO at the company I would for recommended this book and I’m so glad he did. Patty brings a unique perspective and take on culture. An excellent book that should be listened to or read, by all HR professionals.
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- Mr David Igoe
- 10-08-18
Different perspective
I'm familiar with the Netflix culture so this was a bit of a slow burner (first 3 chapters.) However, the HR angle on hiring and building a great sports teams was really insightful and made me question numerous assumptions.
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- Razvan Suta
- 01-02-22
sublime
i recall listening 2 years ago, was quite revealing.
now I am actually in a company that puts lots of emphasis on culture.
will re listen to it for sure
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- Weronika Opalka
- 04-05-20
read it if you like people management and agility
I really enjoyed going through this book as my business professor recommended it to me a while ago. It gave a really interesting insight on Netflix's organisation and what made it so successful in recent years! Patty did an amazing job in telling the stories from her experience in Netflix. Now I realise how challenging strategy change for business growth is. Patty gives lots of useful tips for managing HR with honesty!
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- Ed Challinor
- 16-06-18
Maevellous insight into how to turn HR into money.
This is a great story and a great insight into how to drop the old ways and learn how to deal with people at work in 2018 and beyond.
It's changed the way I do a whole load of things in my company. Must read for anyone who has or works in a serious business
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- Anonymous User
- 28-07-21
VERY INSIGHTFUL
A fantatic book that gives readers an insight into how a successful business is built. Freedom and responsibility is definitely culture I plan on implementing immediately into my business.
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- Ben
- 20-08-18
Great read
Really enjoyed this book. One that gets you thinking and motivated to do something about it!
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- Liz
- 19-07-18
Fascinating and easy to absorb information
Great book - very enjoyable. Short and to the point - which I much appreciate in a business book!
If you're interested in culture building within a company, this will be surely be helpful.
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