Amazon Interview Have Backbone; Disagree & Commit- Real Amazon Leader Interview
This is one of a series of collaborations to bring you a real amazon leader interview. In this session Tyler talks to Skyler Ramirez about how Vocally Self Critical was foundational to his success in Amazon. Skyler 's interview, Vocally Self Critical stories shed light on way to think and talk about questions on Amazon interview Vocally Self Critical. We've partnered with Tyler Wallis, Managing Partner of The Lab and ex- Amazonian - to share with your interviews form some of the most celebrated and experienced Amazonians. In this real amazon leader interview, you'll hear stories of how these leaders implemented and leveraged the 16 Amazon leadership principles.
You'll get invaluable insights in how to think like Amazon to inspire your interview examples. If you want to know more about Tyler's work visit: https://www.thelabconsult.com John Olsen spent 7 years at Amazon as VP of Kindle Human Resources and VP of HR for Worldwide Operations. During these years of rapid global expansion for Amazon, John had to rely on proven principles and models to help ensure teams were making strong decisions, avoiding bias, and committed behind key goals. Since leaving Amazon in 2019, John has helped companies and boards learn to have backbone, disagree and commit in his roles as an advisor and investor.
During our conversation, John shares how the Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit principle integrates with the other Amazon leadership principles, mental models for how to determine when a decision needs to be debated further, how to foster healthy disagreement with remote teams, and much more.
Follow John: On LinkedIn: / john-olsen-808650
More from the episode:
3:40 – Why you can’t just disagree and commit without having backbone 6:25 – How to recognize when it’s time to move a team forward with a decision
7:49 – 6-page memos as a tool to facilitate having backbone
9:40 – How to create a culture where it’s safe to respectfully disagree with other leaders
14:00 – Decision or document bar raisers
23:00 – How to encourage disagreement and speaking up with remote teams
26:30 – When to commit and when to continue to disagree
31:00 – Applying the leadership principle in advisor and governance work
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