Personal and Professional Development: Jeff Bezos Leadership Skills

This report examines the leadership skills of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. It begins with an introduction to leadership, defining it as the art of guiding individuals and teams toward specific objectives through direction and motivation. The report then delves into Bezos' leadership qualities, highlighting his task-oriented and transformational approach. Key leadership skills discussed include embracing new experiences, prioritizing customer service, putting customers first, persuasion and influencing skills, and human skills. Each skill is elaborated upon with examples, such as the 'empty chair tradition' and the focus on long-term goals. The report concludes by summarizing how Bezos' leadership has contributed to the success of Amazon, emphasizing the importance of these skills in developing a sustainable company. References to relevant research and articles are included.

Personal and
Professional
Development
(TASK 1)

TABLE OF CONTENT
 Introduction
 Leadership skills of Jeff Bezos
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is an act of guiding a person or team to attain certain
objectives by direction as well as motivation. The main role of a
leader to encourage the others to take actions they require to be
succeed. This is important to learn as well as cultivate skills this
takes to effective. Jeff Bezos is an American internet
industrialist, investor and internet internet entrepreneur. He is
president of multi national technology firm Amazon. Amazon is
well known for putting the customer service first and it is direct
result of philosophy of Bezos on consumers instead of the
rivals.

Leadership skills of Jeff Bezos
Leadership is an art of motivating group
of the people to act for attaining
common objectives. In business
setting, it mean directing the
colleagues and staff members with
strategy to meet requirements of
company. The leadership captures
essentials of being prepared or able to
inspire or motivate the others.

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As Jeff Bezos indicated in shareholder letter, Amazon company
mainly cares regarding long term. All the decisions get made in
light. In this present time, Amazon is one of valuable firm in
world. In regards to this, Jeff Bezos has the several leadership
qualities, style and skills which made him successful and
greatest leader in world.

Jeff Bezos is known to be the task
oriented and transformational
leader. To transform company,
Bezos looked and searches the
effective ways to become more
innovative. He is leader better
known for the planning as well
as getting the better outcomes
by creativity.
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There are some leadership skills of Jeff Bezos mention below:
 Ability to embrace the new experience
 Prioritizing customer service
 Customers come first
 Persuasion influencing skills
 Man with the human skill

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Ability to embrace the new experience- Having skill to be
embrace the diverse experiences allows the Jeff Bezos be to
thin in the divergent ways and enhance capacity for the
innovations. He was giving the thought to doing the
experiments through use of internet. Jeff Bezos had skill of
anatomizing process of business to providing the products
through internet.

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Prioritizing customer service- It is unique quality of leadership.
As per 12th Forbes article, Jeff Bezos is known for empty
chair tradition. When the meting of staff held, Jeff Bezos pulls
extra chair in conference room. This quality assists to him and
team to be conscious that how consumers would feel and also
react to decision.

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Customers come first- Jeff Bezos is leadership style and its focus
on consumers rather than rivals. He pays attention towards
satisfy the consumers instead of wasting time in order to
formulate the plans to have the leverage over the other
business.

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Persuasion influencing skills- Jeff Bezos is transformational
leader in world. He set beliefs, principles and values fort firm
and persuaded staff members to be follow the core rules. Jeff
Bezos has skill and ability of influencing staff members in
order to emphasise on developing as well as strengthening
skills to make improvement in performance level. I

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Man with the human skill- In this, Jeff Bezos has the human
skills that permits to work with the people. It enables to aware
of perspective of Jeff Bezos and others on various problems.
Aware of perspective of consumers, Jeff Bezos is competent
to shape objectives and requirements of company in order to
satisfy customers need.

CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from above mention report that leader role is to
provide the right direction to employees so that they can perform
effectively and focus on attaining the objectives. There has been
discussion about the leadership skills which leaders have to be
managing and controlling the activities of business. Jeff Bezos
shows how leadership plays necessary role in developing the healthy
as well as sustainable company. Different leadership skills of Jeff
Bezos has been studied such as Prioritizing customer service,
Customers come first, Ability to embrace the new experience,
Persuasion and influencing skills and man with human skill.

REFERENCES
Dyer, J., Gregersen, H. and Christensen, C. M., 2019. Innovator's
DNA, Updated, with a New Preface: Mastering the Five Skills of
Disruptive Innovators. Harvard Business Press.
Breuer, S. and Szillat, P., 2019. Leadership and digitalization:
Contemporary approaches towards leading in the modern day
workplace.
Grădinaru, C., Toma, S. G. and AndriÈ, G., 2020. A view on
transformational leadership: The case of Jeff Bezos. Manager
Journal. 31(1). pp.93-100.

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