To inspire true commitment, leaders must practice what they teach. They must model the behavior they expect of others. After sharing my individual OKRs at an all-hands meeting, I was surprised by just how much it helped the company rally around the process. It showed everyone that I, too, was accountable. Our contributors feel free to evaluate my OKRs and tell me how to improve them, which has made all the difference. Here’s one example, with my grades (on the Google scale of 0.0 to 1.0) in brackets. I can tell you that I received a lot of constructive input in formulating this deceptively
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