Leading with Humanity

A conversation with Amazon Board Member Edith Cooper

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Edith Cooper, Amazon Board Member and former Goldman Sachs CHRO, discusses leadership, organizational culture, and human connection in the modern workplace. Cooper shares insights from her experiences at Goldman Sachs and as co-founder of Medley, a coaching organization. She emphasizes the importance of maintaining customer centricity, fostering authentic human connections, and leveraging data and technology while preserving human expertise. (February 2025)

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Edith Cooper:

"One of the things that I think about a lot and I actually am concerned about is using the past performance metrics for a predictor of the future, because quite frankly, if we looked back at the demographics of those that were successful, we would probably not be sitting here."

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