Bock, 42, and a former GE human resources executive and McKinsey consultant, joined the technology powerhouse in 2006 when it was a fifth of its current size of $65.8 billion and employee base of 53,600.
Under Bock’s leadership, Google began to seriously apply data analytics to its people management practices for the first time. In his own words, “…the book is an attempt to encapsulate… how companies think about people, in service of making [them] happier and leading more productive lives.”
Some of the potential bestseller’s more interesting points:
- Two-thirds of Google’s HR staffers have consulting or research backgrounds as opposed to traditional HR training.
- On an annual basis, Google hires about 5,000 new employees from an applicant pool of up to 3 million – or about one-quarter of 1%.
- Through streamlining processes, Bock and his team have improved the productivity of people operations by 6% per year for five years running – without outsourcing HR functions or hiring additional vendors or consultants.