Book Titles

Measure What Matters
How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

By John Doerr

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0525536222
Categories: Measurement, Success

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Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.

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An OBJECTIVE… is simply WHAT is to be achieved, no more and no less… KEY RESULTS benchmark and monitor HOW we get to the objective.

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…make no mistake. For anyone striving for high performance in the workplace, goals are very necessary things.

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…specific hard goals ‘produce a higher level of output’ than vaguely worded ones.”

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…the triumvirate brought a decision ingredient for OKR success: conviction and buy-in at the top.”

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In larger enterprises, OKRs are neon-lit road signs. They demolish silos and cultivate connections among far-flung contributors. By giving frontline autonomy, they give rise to fresh solutions. And they keep even the most successful organizations stretching for more. (Pages -)

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The failings of annual performance reviews have sparked a robust alternative – continuous performance management.

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When people help choose a course of action, they are more likely to see it through.

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Bad companies are destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great companies are improved by them. – Andy Grove

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For sound decision making, esprit de corps, and superior performance, top-line goals must be clearly understood throughout the organization.

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