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24 alternatives to Work Rules!

Talent management and attraction ideas from inside Google

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Work Rules! launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google▲9
How Google attracts and retains the best talent in the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The 46 Rules of Genius▲65
An innovator's guide to creativity
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
3
Deep Work ▲71
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Deep Work▲69
Rules for focused success in a distracted world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
How to Find Fulfilling Work▲61
An inspirational guide to examining your career
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
The Google Guys▲64
Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
How Google Works▲66
The rules for success in the Internet Century.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Mad Genius▲65
A manifesto for entrepreneurs
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
How Google Works▲26
Management maxims illustrated through personal anecdotes
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Building Great Startup Teams▲61
A guide to attracting, hiring and retaining employees
2016 · its alternatives →
11
The Design Sprint▲181
An upcoming book and list of resources from Google Ventures
2015 · gv.com · its alternatives →
12
Rookie Smarts▲56
Why learning beats knowing in the new game of work
2015 · harpercollins.com · its alternatives →
13
The People Management Handbook▲76
How to manage and lead people at work
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Shopclass as Soulcraft▲60
An inquiry into the value of work
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Brain Rules▲69
12 principles for surviving and thriving at work
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
"ANATOMY OF A CLIENT ATTRACTION UPWORK BIO"▲63
Professional Upwork Bio Advice
2016 · lexdeville.us14.list-manage.com · its alternatives →
17
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation▲61
How to harness the collective genius of the people
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
"Don't Tell Dick Jokes at Work" Book▲109
How you can confidently support women at work.
2019 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Growth Engines▲95
How the most successful startups unlock extraordinary growth
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Creative Confidence▲68
Creativity and innovation, not just for the "creative types"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Reinventing Organizations▲77
A new kind of organization
2015 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →
22
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World▲69
Could be most important productivity book this year.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Disrupt Yourself▲64
Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think▲139
Reframe your problems as opportunities
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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