Larry Page Case Study

1. Creativity Larry Page wants his team think outside the bubble and for that purpose he developed the 80/20 rule.

 80% time to the actual job

 20% time of thinking new creative ideas in which employees have passion This 80/20 rule proved to be very beneficial for the company because employees introduced many innovative products, some of them are:

• Gmail

• Google Suggests

• Google Books

• Google News

• Google Earth

• Google Maps

2. Empower Others

 Every employee at Google has full freedom and authority to do something of their own interest according to the 80/20 rule of Larry Page,

 This rule empowered employees and gave them the confidence that their contribution is valuable and they have a power to make a change

3. Good

 Larry Page conducts various sessions in which employees share any knowledgeable topic they read in a past month.

 These sessions are very casual and employees are free either to attend it or not

 According to Larry Page it is a most stress free way to teach employees new things.

8. Strong Technical Skills

 Larry Page had a strong sense of making innovative and technical gadgets. He himself made an Inkjet Printer during his college days.

 He also worked hard in making gadgets of extremely technical nature like self-driving cars, Google glass etc.

9. Good Family and Personal Background

 Parents of Larry Page were very respectable people of their era

 His Father was a PhD scholar and a teacher ,moreover he was the Pioneer in artificial intelligence and computer science and his mother was also a teacher of computer programming

 Moreover his brother did a small internet business and Larry always mentioned him as his inspiration and mentor.

 In addition to this, his wife is also a research scientist which shows that he has a very good family

In one of his interviews, he said that simplicity is the key to best management. He kept his search engine design very simple, no banner ads, no pop-up Windows, only a plain homepage with Google logo and one search box.

11. Transparency

 According to Larry Page, his employees are his biggest asset who should be trusted with confidentiality

 At every quarter, executive shares all the information with employees about the lunch plans or product roadmaps to tell them about the ongoing projects and future plans of seniors

 In the annual surveys 90% of employees participate and see the results of not only their own group but also of other groups but privacy is protected.

 There is also a 30-minute weekly meeting session, Google co-founders are present in which every employee is free to ask any question.

12. Good Physical Appearance

 Larry Page is man of very decent personality.

 According to his employees he always wears a smile with a calm attitude and is always in a professional dressing.

13. Ambitious and Hardworking and