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 (linkedin.com/in/suebethanis) 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'.
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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
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About Ethan Evans
​​​​​​​​​​​​​Ethan (linkedin.com/in/ethanevansvp) 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.
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About Sue Bethanis
​Sue (linkedin.com/in/suebethanis) 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.