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Patty McCord

HR executive and author

Patty McCord is an HR consultant and the former chief talent officer at Netflix, where she helped create the celebrated Netflix Culture Deck, viewed over fifteen million times online. She is the author of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility.

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Books by Patty McCord

Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord

Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

by Patty McCord

star4.1

Former Netflix Chief Talent Officer Patty McCord reveals the unconventional HR practices she helped create at Netflix, including radical honesty, the elimination of formal performance reviews, and treating employees as adults who thrive with freedom rather than rules. The book challenges traditional human resources orthodoxy and argues for building cultures based on high performance and transparency.

managementorganizational-culture

Most Recommended by Patty

The books Patty McCord references, cites, and recommends most frequently.

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Radical Candor

by Kim Scott

star4.1

Scott argues that great management requires caring personally while challenging directly. Most managers fail by being either ruinously empathetic or obnoxiously aggressive.

business
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

by Ben Horowitz

star4.5

Horowitz shares hard-won lessons from running a startup through near-death crises. There is no formula, leadership means making impossible decisions when there are no good options.

business
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

The Culture Code

by Daniel Coyle

star4.3

Coyle deconstructs what makes certain groups exceptionally cohesive. Great culture isn't about talent - it's built through safety signals, shared vulnerability, and a clear sense of purpose.

business
Drive by Daniel Pink

Drive

by Daniel Pink

star4

Pink argues that autonomy, mastery, and purpose motivate people far more than money. The carrot-and-stick model is outdated and actively undermines creative performance.

psychologybusiness

Influence Map

Who Patty draws from, and who draws from Patty — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.

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