Ann Hiatt: author & renowned leadership strategist

Imagine sitting one desk over from Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos.
What about being the former Executive Business Partner to Google
CEO, Eric Schmidt. Or touring the world with high ranking Google
executive and business icon Marissa Mayer? Ann Hiatt has worked
with all of these legends of business, and her latest book
catalogues the lessons she learnt from them.


Ann Hiatt’s very first job was at 16 when she worked at a startup
in Redmond, Washington called MusicWare – back when no one knew
what a startup was. Growing up in Seattle during the original
dot-com boom, surrounded by companies like Microsoft, Amazon and
Starbucks was a master class in innovation and it changed the
course of her life.


Ann is a sought-after international speaker, angel investor and
sits on several boards in the UK. Ann has recently relocated from
Silicon Valley to Europe and brings with her a unique perspective
on what it takes to succeed in business today.


Order your copy of Ann’s book Bet on Yourself: Recognize, Own,
and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities now.


Here’s what we covered in our chat with Ann Hiatt
- Why did you decide to write Bet on Yourself?
(0:52) 
- The book starts with a frank admission that you nearly killed
Jeff Bezos – you clearly didn’t but can you tell us about what it
was like to work for Jeff and other leaders. What did you learn?
How are they different?  (2:00) 
- Can you talk to us about what you see as a formula for success
that we can take from these leaders?  (4:50) 
- Can you also tell us about how you were hired by Jeff Bezos –
what was this process like? (7:13) 
- Can you give us any insight into how the top CEOs structured
their day and was there anything in their routine that stood out?
(10:23) 
- Building the right leadership team is one of the key ways to
scale a company. Did you learn any lessons from Jeff Bezos,
Marissa Mayer or Eric Schmidt about building a reliable and
quality leadership team? (15:52) 
- You worked at Google & Amazon before they became the
dominant forces they are today. Disruption of the norm is at the
heart of both companies. What makes a disruptor in your mind?
(18:00) 
- Resilience is a big topic in your book. How can people become
more resilient? (20:13) 
- You worked in the US but now live in Spain. Do you notice a
difference in the attitudes towards failure and do you think it
should be less of a taboo topic in Europe? (23:47) 
- You mentioned that you met Shimon Peres and it had a profound
impact on you. Could you tell us about this?  (28:34) 


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