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Leadership Principles Flashcards

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Name five of the 14 leadership principles

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  1. customer obsession
  2. ownership
  3. invent and simplify
  4. are right, a lot
  5. learn and be curious
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Name five more of the 14 leadership principles.

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  1. hire and develop the best
  2. insist on the highest standards
  3. think big
  4. bias for action
  5. frugality
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Name the last four of the 14 leadership principles.

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  1. earn trust
  2. dive deep
  3. have backbone; disagree and commit
  4. deliver results
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customer obsession.

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Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. Work hard to earn cust trust.

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ownership.

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Leaders are owners. They think long-term, and don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results. Never say “that’s not my job”. Act on behalf of whole co, not just their team.

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invent and simplify.

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Find ways to simplify. Look for ideas externally and everywhere.

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are right, a lot.

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Leaders are right a lot, have strong judgment and good instincts. They seek diverse perspectives and work to disconfirm their beliefs.

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learn and be curious

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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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hire and develop the best

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Leaders raise the performance bar with every hire and promotion. They develop and coach others.

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insist on the highest standards

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Leaders have relentlessly high standards, and are continually raising the bar. No defects. Problems are fixed and stay fixed.

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think big

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Leaders create and communicate a bold direction that inspires results. They look around corners for ways to serve customers.

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bias for action

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

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frugality

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Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention.

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earn trust

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Listen attentively, speak candidly, treat others respectfully. Be vocally self-critical. Benchmark yourself against the best.

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dive deep

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Operate at all levels, stay connected to the details, audit frequently, and be skeptical where metrics & anecdote differ. No task is beneath me.

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have backbone; disagree and commit.

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Respectfully challenge decisions when they disagree. Have conviction and be tenacious. Don’t compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Decide and commit wholely.

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deliver results

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Focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality & in a timely fashion. Never settle.

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When did Amazon launch?

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1995

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What is Amazon’s mission?

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To be the Earth’s most customer-centric company.

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What is customer-centric?

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Everything begins ends with the customer top of mind. Start with the customer and work backwards.

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What does “It’s always Day 1” mean?

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Amazon’s approach remains the same as it was on its first day: to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, innovate invent, and focus on delighting customers.

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What concept is Amazon built on?

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The concept of a virtuous cycle focused on the customer. This was written on a napkin by Jeff Bezos.

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Who began Amazon?

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Jeff Bezos

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What does Jeff Bezos do annually?

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Writes a letter to shareholders.

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How does Jeff Bezos end each letter to shareholders?

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Our core values and approach remain unchanged. We continue to aspire to be Earth’s most customer-centric company.

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Name the Amazon business teams.

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  • Amazon Devices and Services (Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV stick, Echo, Alexa)
  • Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Business development
  • eCommerce
  • Kindle, digital content publishing
  • Retail (prime, go, whole foods)
  • Worldwide Operations & Customer Serv.
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When was AWS started?

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2006

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What kind of desk is used?

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The door desk

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What is cloud computing?

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the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.

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What is Artificial Intelligence?

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Intelligent behavior by machines . Machine mimics cognitive human functions.

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What is machine learning?

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a subset of AI. Uses historical data.

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What is said by the trainer at the end of every course?

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I hope you learned a little something and will continue to explore our other courses. I’m Nancy Anzalone with Amazon Artificial Intelligence and thanks for watching.

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What is Deep Learning?

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Uses ANN (artificial neural networks)

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