The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company

Rossman, John

ISBN 10: 1491587539 ISBN 13: 9781491587539

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2014

Synopsis

In just twenty years, Amazon.com has gone from a start-up internet bookseller to a global company revolutionizing and disrupting multiple industries, including retail, publishing, logistics, devices, apparel, and cloud computing. But what is at the heart of Amazon.com s rise to success? Is it the tens of millions of items in stock, the company s technological prowess, or the many customer service innovations like one-click ? As a leader at Amazon who had a front-row seat during its formative years, John Rossman understands the iconic company better than most. From the launch of Amazon s third-party seller program to their foray into enterprise services, he witnessed it all the amazing successes, the little-known failures, and the experiments whose outcomes are still in doubt. In "The Amazon Way," Rossman introduces listeners to the unique corporate culture of the world s largest Internet retailer, with a focus on the fourteen leadership principles that have guided and shaped its decisions and its distinctive leadership culture. Peppered with humorous and enlightening firsthand anecdotes from the author s career at Amazon, this revealing business guide is also filled with the valuable lessons that have served Jeff Bezos s everything store so well providing expert advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors alike."

About this title

About the Author

John Rossman is a former Amazon.com executive and tells this story as only an insider could. He is a sought after Amazon analyst by media ranging from CNBC to the New York Times. He develops and implements innovative business models, technology strategies, and operations improvement for Fortune 500 companies in industry sectors ranging from high tech, to philanthropy to retail. He currently works as a managing director for Alvarez & Marsal, a global, professional services firm that delivers performance improvement, turnaround management, and business advisory services.

Prior to A&M, John served as director of enterprise services at Amazon.com, where he developed the Merchants @ program, a B2B network that enables millions of sellers to offer products through Amazon, which now is over 40 percent of all orders. He also ran the relationships with enterprise clients like Target.com, Toys “R” Us, Sears.ca, Marks and Spencer, and the NBA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1491587539
• ISBN 13: 9781491587539
• Binding: MP3 CD
• Language: English