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April 22, 2021
The transformative power of OKRs and leading with empathy with Doug Dennerline | Partnering Leadership Global Thought Leader
In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Doug Dennerline, the president and CEO of BetterWorks, a performance enablement solution company that aligns workforces to the organization's top priorities with their market-leading OKR (Objectives and Key Results) software. Doug Dennerline shares his thoughts on leading with empathy, the transformational power of OKRs and the future of work.
Some Highlights:
- Doug Dennerline on the HP Way, John Chambers and growth at Cisco.
- How leading with empathy shaped Doug’s leadership values.
- Doug Dennerline talks about the transformative power of OKRs not just as a process but also as a leadership methodology.
- Doug Dennerline’s perspective on the future of work.
Webinar on OKRs for Georgetown University
Also mentioned in this episode:
John Chambers - Chairman Emeritus, Cisco / CEO, JC2 Ventures
John Doerr - Chairman at Kleiner Perkins and author of Measure What Matters
Eric Yuan - CEO of Zoom
Connect with Doug Dennerline:
Doug Dennerline on BetterWorks
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