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Culture of Leadership is the go-to interview podcast for growth-minded business owners and senior SME leaders who want to stop doing everything themselves - and start building teams that scale with them.
Each episode, Brendan Rogers sits down with successful business and sporting leaders to unpack the real stories behind effective leadership, high-performing teams, and sustainable business growth. These are practical, honest conversations filled with hard-earned insights that help you lead with purpose and power.
If you're ready to grow your business through people-powered leadership, this show will give you the mindset, tools, and inspiration to get there.
Because to grow your business, you must first grow yourself.
Follow the show and start learning from leaders who’ve done it. Grow yourself, grow your business.
Republished: EP67: Ex Google Employee Shares Culture Perspective
Culture of Leadership
1 hour 23 minutes 6 seconds
9 months ago
Republished: EP67: Ex Google Employee Shares Culture Perspective
Ex Google employee, Taras Kobernyk shares his perspective on the Google culture. Taras was a Google software engineer who ended up getting fired from job. Watch the episode to learn more.
Check out the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhP3bbcuWAg
Key Discussion Points:0:00 Trailer & Guest Introduction2:15 Taras’ introduction/background3:09 Getting hired by Google and finding out the internal downsides to his position6:40 What did you see that made you write the document?10:15 How did things go after writing it?11:53 Can you detail the timeline from the writing of the initial document, through your firing?17:52 Were you ever told your performance was subpar?21:00 How would you respond to people who think you’re simply a disgruntled former employee?23:49 What can you tell us about the Anti-Racist Allyship Starter Pack?27:48 What was the response from the top management?33:00 Is any of this helping the environment at Google?35:38 Are you the ONLY Google employee to complain about these policies?38:12 What were the “Citizenship Contributions” you were expected to perform as part of your job?57:06 Are you concerned at all that these policies may affect the public, as Google has such a wide reach?1:06:11 After you were fired, did Google make it difficult for you to find other work?1:12:48 Why did you speak up?1:17:55 If you were still at Google, what do you wish would have happened after sharing this document with leadership?1:25:36 What part of this experience had the greatest impact on your ideas about leadership?1:28:40 My main takeaways from this discussion with Taras Kobernyk
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Culture of Leadership
Culture of Leadership is the go-to interview podcast for growth-minded business owners and senior SME leaders who want to stop doing everything themselves - and start building teams that scale with them.
Each episode, Brendan Rogers sits down with successful business and sporting leaders to unpack the real stories behind effective leadership, high-performing teams, and sustainable business growth. These are practical, honest conversations filled with hard-earned insights that help you lead with purpose and power.
If you're ready to grow your business through people-powered leadership, this show will give you the mindset, tools, and inspiration to get there.
Because to grow your business, you must first grow yourself.
Follow the show and start learning from leaders who’ve done it. Grow yourself, grow your business.
