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So that's your job too, to clarify and simplify for everybody on your team. The more you simplify the better people will perform.

Keith Rabois

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Keith Rabois
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Businessperson
Executive Management
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Edison Township
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Clarify
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