Amazon just updated its famous leadership principles days before Jeff Bezos' departure as CEO
The ecommerce giant announced Thursday that it has updated its leadership principles, a list of 14 guidelines that Bezos developed in the early days of Amazon. The list includes principles that have defined Amazon's business, like "Customer Obsession," "Frugality," and "Deliver Results."
The two new principles speak to the current size and scope of Amazon, which is now a $1.7 trillion business and one of the world's biggest employers. The first new bullet — "Strive to be Earth's Best Employer" — appears to speak to an internal push from employees last year to add "inclusion" to the leadership principles. The internal movement arose after corporate employees shared stories of experiencing racial and gender discrimination at the company.
While the new principle has a broader focus than diversity and inclusion — and echos a phrase Bezos has said numerous times in the past — it seems to be encouraging leaders to better manage their employees.
