One look inside the incredible Googleplex and it’s pretty obvious why they receive an average of 2.5 million resumes a year. From having nap pods to offering on-site massage and providing every employee with three square meals a day – Google has certainly gone above and beyond to care for their employees.
Yet it’s not (only) the indoor swimming pools, beach volleyball courts or free onsite laundry facilities that has led the $300 billion tech giant to the 93% CEO approval rating on Glassdoor. These big, unique gestures can make it easy to miss the carefully thought out and analyzed microdetails that are the foundation of their high performance culture.
A company doesn’t need to be generating millions in revenue to “hack” the fundamental principles that set the Google team apart. Here are the top three lessons every business can learn, and begin to implement immediately, from Google: