Powerful - Building a culture of freedom and responsibility

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Publisher's 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.

What a worthwhile business read!  Listened to the entire book in one sitting as I was thoroughly intrigued by the story and the nuggets I was collecting to be used in my professional world.  Loved the brutal honesty, the performance conversations being help more often the way Scotty Bowman did when coaching hockey and always keeping the customer and company at the forefront - not the needs of the employee.  They employee doesn't need to be empowered - they ARE empowered!

Great read!