Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
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Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Shah: And what is the first sign you see that someone is just the wrong hire? Scanlan: Productivity. If their team is more productive with them as a part of it or less productive. We had some people that we put in management teams or in management situations where productivity was better without them. And that’s not a good situation. But, you know,
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