Amazon Leadership Principles
"We use our Leadership Principles every day, whether we're discussing ideas for new projects or deciding on the best approach to solving a problem. It is just one of the things that makes Amazon peculiar." (amazon.jobs/en/principles)
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- Customer ObsessionStart with the customer and work backwards.
- OwnershipThink long term and don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results.
- Invent and SimplifyRequire innovation and invention from their teams and always find ways to simplify.
- Are Right, A LotHave strong judgment and good instincts.
- Learn and Be CuriousNever done learning and always seek to improve yourself.
- Hire and Develop the BestRaise the performance bar with every hire and promotion, recognize exceptional talent.
- Insist on the Highest StandardsHave relentlessly high standards — unreasonably high.
- Think BigCreate and communicate a bold direction that inspires results.
- Bias for ActionMany decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study.
- FrugalityConstraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention.
- Earn TrustListen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
- Dive DeepNo task is beneath you.
- Have Backbone; Disagree and CommitRespectfully challenge decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting.
- Deliver ResultsFocus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion.