Google CEO's inner circle: Meet the L Team

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-google-idUSTRE7BF1T420111216

by taylorbuley • 15 years ago

37 20 15 years ago

It's hard to say exactly how much it means, but it's at least interesting to note that the people that "left the group" are all women and the people added to the group are all men.

friendstock• 15 years ago

Yes, I just noticed the same thing. Could be coincidence, but I think having some diversity would be helpful as the remaining L team seems to be all male.

rachelbythebay3• 15 years ago

It's almost like there was a big presentation, and all of these people were up on stage, and there was just one woman. Then it's almost like someone in the crowd asked about the ratio situation, and to "answer", the CEO threw the question at the one woman. And then, it's like the fire of a thousand suns flashed in her eyes.

Oh, wait, it's not just like that. It is that, because it happened.

slykat• 15 years ago

I find this a bit unfair - taking two data points to make a statement about gender discrimination at Google. Here's another datapoint - Google recently hired Margo Georgiadis, a female, to the 2nd highest position in Sales - a historically male function. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/24/margo-georgiadis-gr...)

The top position is taken by Nikesh who is the highest paid executive at Google. So Margo is definitely one of the highest paid VPs at Google.

How important is this position? Well, the last person, Dennis Woodside, now handles Motorola. And the guy before him became the CEO of AOL. Also, Margo is responsible for majority of revenue at Google.

This doesn't prove anything but I just wanted to add another data point to the discussion.

Nate75Sanders2• 15 years ago

I think I may be missing a reference here. Someone help?

irahul• 15 years ago

Your metaphor is completely lost on me. Care to elaborate?

marshallp• 15 years ago

Larry might be following the scientific evidence that having attractive women in the workplace reduces men's intelligence.

lmkg• 15 years ago

But what about the scientific evidence that the performance of mixed-gender groups is higher than homogeneous groups of either gender? Funny thing, scientific evidence...

baby• 15 years ago

I think you're getting downvoted because it is a controversial idea. I don't think it's off-topic though. There are some taboo problems that happen in a small team of people who spend a lot of time together.

schrototo• 15 years ago

For the same reason we shouldn't allow openly gay people into programming teams, because it would negatively affect team morale...

jdp23• 15 years ago

Yeah, I'm noticing a pattern here ... https://plus.google.com/u/0/115324919838980591640/posts/LaEL...

johnl• 15 years ago

I noticed the same thing, though: maps and local services, public affairs, and business operations sound like departments best lead one on one. I would assume the departments in the inner circle have more need for coordination and direct leadership.

redthrowaway• 15 years ago

More relevantly, the people who left were all product people, and those who stayed were operations. This is hardly surprising given that Page is known as a product guy.

adharmad• 15 years ago

Interesting to note that Sergey is not in the L-team. One would expect it after such a long partnership.

dbattaglia• 15 years ago

It kind of makes sense to me, if he's handling "advanced research" and non-day-to-day type operations. I think that kind of stuff is important but probably not the kind of stuff Page is worrying about in those L-team meetings.

Google CEO's inner circle: Meet the L Team

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