ACE Assessment Flashcards

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Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. They work vigorously to earn and keep customer trust. Although leaders pay attention to competitors, they obsess over customers

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Customer Obsession

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Leaders are owners. They think long term and dont sacrifice long-term value for short-term results. They act on behalf of the entire company, beyond just their own team. They never say “thats not my job”

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Ownership

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Leaders expect and require innovation and invention from their teams and always find ways to simplify. They are externally aware, look for new ideas from everywhere, and are not limited by ‘not invented here’ As we do new things, we accept that we may be misunderstood for long periods of time.

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Invent and Simplify

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They have strong judgement and good instincts. They seek diverse perspectives and work to disconfirm their beliefs.

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Leaders are Right, A lot

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Leaders are never done learning and always seek to improve themselves. They are curious about new possibilities and act to explore them.

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Learn and Be Curious

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Leaders rase the performance bar with every hire and promotion. They recognize exceptional talent, and willingly move them throughout the organization. Leaders develop leaders and take seriously their role in coaching others. We work on behalf of our people to invent mechanisms for development like Career Choice.

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Hire and Develop The Best

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Leaders have relentlessly high standards- many people may think these standards are unreasonably high. Leaders are continuously raising the bar and drive their teams to deliver high quality products, services, and processes. Leaders insure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed

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Insist on the Highest Standards

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Thinking small is a self fulfilling prophecy. Leaders create and communicate a bold direction that inspires results. They think differently and look around corners for ways to serve customers.

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Think Big

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Speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk taking

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Bias For Action

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Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness, self sufficiency and invention. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size or fixed expense.

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Frugality

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Leaders listen attentively, speak candidly and treat other respectfully. They are locally self critical, even when doing so is awkward or embarrassing. Leaders do not believe their or their teams body odor smells of perfume. They benchmark themselves and their teams against the best.

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Earn Trust

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Leaders operate at all levels, stay connected to the details, audit frequently and are skeptical when metrics and anecdote differ. No task is beneath them.

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Dive Deep

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Leaders are obligated to respectfully challenge decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. Leaders have condition and are tenacious. They do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, they commit wholly.

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Have Backbone, disagree and commit

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Leaders focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, they rise to the occasion and never settle.

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Deliver Results

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Leaders work ever day to create a safe, more productive, higher performing, more diverse and more just work environment. They lead with empathy, have fun at work, and make it easy for others to have fun. Leaders ask themselves: Are my fellow employees growing? Are they empowered? Are they ready for whats next? Leaders have a vision for and commitment to their employees personal success, whether thats at Amazon or elsewhere.

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Strive to be Earths greatest Employer

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We started in a garage, but we’re not their anymore. We are big, we impact the word, and we are far from perfect. We must be humble and thoughtful about the secondary effects of our actions. Our local communities, planet, and future generations need us to be better every day. We must begin each day with a determination to make better, do better, and be better for our customers, employees, our partners and the world at large. And we must end every day knowing we can do better tomorrow. Leaders create more than they consume and always leave things better than how they found them.

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Success & Scale bring Broad Responsibility