Best Place to Work

Once again, Google was voted the #1 best place to work for 2014 in America by Fortune magazine. According to Fortune, “Employees rave about their mission, the culture, and the famous perks.” Engineers can spend 20% of their time on independent projects and the range of employee perks are setting new standards, including gourmet food, swimming spa, attending doctors, laundry, child care, and a bring-your-dog-to-work policy. Yes, the company attracts people that are creative, entrepreneurial, but it’s the high levels of individual and team accountability for delivering results that sets Google apart. The people at Google take personal accountability for thinking outside the box and continually finding ways to make the organization better. It’s a place where people want to work, not have to work. They also take accountability for giving back. “Google’s stock climbed past $1,000 last year — a boon for Googlers, all of whom are stockholders. CEO Larry Page urged them to be ‘audacious,’ especially in philanthropy. Google donates $50 for every five hours an employee volunteers. Last year a new program sent employees to Ghana and India to work on community projects.”

Culture matters. In fact, organizational culture is the key to sustaining competitive advantage. The best organizational cultures deliver the best business results, again and again; they also create the best work environments for people to grow and thrive. Development of a strong, vibrant organizational culture can be greatly accelerated and facilitated by establishing a foundation of personal and organizational accountability. Without such a foundation, culture change efforts often turn out to be disappointing, short-lived, or both.

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