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Make the Most from an Executive Coach with Ethan Evans & Sue Bethanis
Level Up Newsletter & Community paid members and the Mariposa Leadership Community were invited to join this live event with Ethan Evans and Sue Bethanis discussing "How to Get Support for an Executive Coach, and Make the Most of It" followed by a live audience Q&A. Sue was Ethan's executive coach (last and best) when he was an executive at Amazon/Twitch. If you’re already in executive roles (e.g. Director, Sr. Director, VP) and want to optimize performance or move up further, consider Ethan and Sue's live online course, Cracking the C-suite 'How to Get and Master Key Executive Roles'. --- Show Notes: 00:00 Introduction 03:04 The Importance of Executive Coaching 03:50 Ethan's Personal Coaching Journey 07:48 Key Areas of Focus in Executive Coaching 16:08 Maximizing the Coaching Relationship 30:06 Career and Transition Coaching 41:53 Securing Sponsorship & Making a Business Case for Coaching 44:16 How to Ask for Coaching 45:43 Exploring Company Coaching Programs 46:30 Confidentiality in Coaching 53:15 Deciding Between Company-Sponsored and Self-Paid Coaching 56:55 Choosing the Right Coach 01:13:02 The Importance of Feedback 01:19:57 Conclusion --- About Ethan Evans Ethan retired from Amazon as a Vice President after 15 years where he led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming (formerly Twitch Prime), and Twitch Commerce. 70+ patents. Reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and 1,000+ hires. Was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader, responsible for training and maintaining Amazon's group of interview outcome facilitators. Helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are Ethan's (read the story). Ethan retired from Amazon as a Vice President in September 2020. Join Ethan's Level Up Newsletter & Community to get ongoing career advice and leadership networking access. --- About Sue Bethanis Sue is the CEO/Founder of Mariposa Leadership, Inc., a 15-person San Francisco- based firm, which provides executive coaching and design thinking to high-tech leaders. Sue is the author of the well-received business book Leadership Chronicles of a Corporate Sage and hosts the popular show WiseTalk, a monthly leadership forum, and WiseSpace, a Zoom coaching community. Sue has worked with many Silicon Valley and San Francisco companies and non-profits, including C-level Executives and VPs at Amazon, Apple, Cisco, eBay, EqCA, Expedia, GoFundMe, Google, Guru, HPE, Intel, LinkedIn, Microsoft, MongoDB, Monite, Paypal, Pinterest, Roku, Twitch, Workday, Yahoo!, and Zynga.
Level Up with Ethan Evans (retired Amazon VP)
https://www.ethanevans.com/
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