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The Leadership Principles that Make Amazon Unique with Chaim Landau – Part II

How can you implement Amazon’s leadership principles so that your business can become more efficient, more effective, more profitable, and more enjoyable? Chaim Landau, Principal Cloud Delivery Architect at Amazon Web Services in Tel Aviv, has become an expert in these principles – and in this episode of Let’s Talk Business, he shares some of them, along with practical examples of how you can make them work for you. Join Meny and Chaim as they discuss how to make meetings more efficient, the real meaning of frugality, the importance of taking additional risks (even if you might lose big), the difference between one-way-door decisions and two-way-door decisions, what customer obsession means and what it doesn’t mean, why you need to have a mentor as well as why you should be a mentor, the place of personal development outside the office, and more.

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The Secret Genius of Amazon with Chaim Landau – Part I

Amazon is a behemoth that dominates the world, yet in some ways, it runs like a startup company. How did founder Jeff Bezos manage to pull that off, while allowing it to continue to grow ever bigger? Join Meny and his guest Chaim Landau, Principal Cloud Delivery Architect at Amazon Web Services in Tel Aviv, as they talk about the reasons that Amazon has been so successful, their insightful and helpful leadership principles, the importance of noticing and grabbing the opportunities that life offers you, the actual meaning of company culture (and why it matters), the way to start working in I.T., and more.

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SPECIAL EPISODE: An Exclusive Interview With Our Host, Meny Hoffman—Part 2

Coming back to the interviewee’s seat in his own show, Meny Hoffman rejoins Chava Shapiro for the second part of their exclusive interview. In this episode, they talk about all things leadership – from its broad definition to the nitty-gritty of what every contemporary leader needs to be aware of as they play their role in today’s changed and changing world. Whether you’re leading a Fortune 500 company or a small business with fewer than five employees, these leadership principles are going to resonate with you and change the way you lead. Leadership certainly isn’t easy, but it’s significantly easier if you’ve got someone by your side teaching you the ropes. Listen in and let Meny be your guide for today.

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How to Go From Entrepreneur to Leader—with Alex Judd

Wondering why you’re still struggling to build your business after so many years? Struggle is normal no matter what stage you’re at. But there are different skills required to be a leader versus an entrepreneur, and developing those leadership skills is what’s going to take you to the next level.

My guest this week is Alex Judd, founder of Path for Growth, an organization dedicated to helping leaders grow intentionally, every single day. Before launching Path For Growth, Alex worked as the host of Dave Ramsey’s nationally-recognized EntreLeadership Podcast, a podcast that was a great resource for me as I was developing my own leadership skills.

In our interview, Alex clarifies the distinction between being a startup entrepreneur vs. an effective business leader that can scale a company, and how to transition into the role of leadership. Alex explains the steps to building a proper communication system for your organization, how to ensure that your team cares for the company’s vision as much as you do, and how to empower each person to bring about the outcomes that you want. This episode has many deep concepts that will bring your ability to lead to the next level. Listen and enjoy!

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