#44 Reverse Engineering Moonshot Goals w/ Ann Hiatt, Executive Business Partner to Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt

Ann Hiatt (@AnnRHiatt) received her initial business training during 15 years as the Executive Business Partner to Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) and Chief-of-Staff to Eric Schmidt (CEO and Executive Chairman at Google/Alphabet). Ann now consults with executives and companies across the globe to reverse engineer their moonshot goals and get results. Ann is a sought-after international speaker and is on several advisory boards. 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. In this episode, we talk to Ann about her amazing career with Amazon and Google. She describes her journey from her early years to becoming a name in leadership and management after working with Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt. Now, she manages her own consulting firm and shares to us her learnings and experiences in leadership and striving to be a better CEO. http://www.annhiatt.co https://www.instagram.com/annhiatt/ https://twitter.com/AnnRHiatt https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-hiatt/ 1:45 Who is Ann Hiatt? 09:06 Ann’s ‘interview’ for Amazon 14:06 Is grit a factor in getting hired? 15:55 How Ann’s father’s military background help shape her 24:36 Working in Amazon 27:12 Ann’s biggest challenge at Amazon 29:55 Women leaders 35:11 Ann’s Book 37:11 What make these great CEOs and Leaders great? 40:41 Being the dumbest person in the room and leadership 46:34 Always being challenged 51:18 What’s Ann Hiatt doing now? 1:01:59 Ann’s experience doing business in Europe 1:05:25 AI needs in companies 1:12:29 Ann’s Moonshot mindset 1:16:28 Smart people with no egos are a recipe to success 1:22:31 Robbie’s take on Ann’s career and journey 1:25:21 Talent is distributed equally, but opportunity is not 1:29:20 Diversity in tech 1:32:11 The value in risk-taking Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter:https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg