Johnson: True employee feedback is what they tell their spouse at home
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Braintree founder Bryan Johnson discusses evaluating his leadership effectiveness and workplace culture with host Sam Parr.
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“It's very hard to get someone's real opinion of you because it's difficult for someone to be honest, but what we all know when we go home from work and we're talking to our significant others, like that's the truth serum in action, you know, like where we really say something.”
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