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'Essential for any leader in any industry' – Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor Working Backwards gives an insider's account of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives. In 2018 Amazon became the world’s second...

Bill Carr has seen life's dead ends and detours—from his boyhood on the South Side of Chicago, to the jungles of Vietnam, to his years at the helm of the technology consulting firm he founded. In this collection of essays, Bill reflects on his lifetime of experiences, sharing stories that are poignant, humorous, and insightful. Through it all, he relied on the strength of family and the relationships that carried him forward. Bill explores a wide variety of themes: resilience, gratitude, forgiveness, leadership, the pursuit of peace. He has no easy answers or pat solutions.

Von den einen geliebt, von den anderen gehasst - doch wie schafft man es, so erfolgreich wie Amazon zu sein? Kindle, Prime, Alexa - Amazon hat die Wirtschaftswelt wie kein zweites Unternehmen verändert. Wie ist es dem Netzgiganten gelungen, sich derart auf die Bedürfnisse seiner Kunden einzustellen, um alle anderen Konkurrenten zu überholen? Welche wesentlichen Bausteine der Unternehmenskultur führten zu diesem Erfolg, und was sind die 14 Leadership-Prinzipien von Amazon?

Acting Up is about finding and being your most authentic self. Using theatre skills and neuroscience as well as ancient spiritual practices this book is about discovering and acting the role you were meant to play at its highest level.... Through self-inquiry and an exploration of what it is to live and communicate a creative life, Acting Up takes living to a higher level with insights and laughter. Is this the last book you will ever need to listen to? No.