Who Managers Promote and Why

Ethan Evans—Retired VP of Amazon—shares advice on why manager support is essential, who managers promote, how you can be chosen, and takes live audience Q&A. For ongoing candid career advice, subscribe to Ethan's Level Up newsletter: https://levelupwithethanevans.substac... --------- About Ethan Evans: In Ethan's 15+ years at Amazon, he led global teams of 800+ and invented well-known businesses and products 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. Ethan's LinkedIn:   / ethanevansvp   Ethan's leadership development courses https://maven.com/ethan-evans (live online) and https://ethan-evans.mykajabi.com/ (on-demand) This career talk was done in partnership with Maven as part of their Lightning Lessons. Ethan's live online Maven course—Stuck at Senior Manager - How to Break Through to Executive— was named the Top Course in Leadership & Career on Maven and was featured in the Maven 100 (top instructors and courses). Learn more about the course here: https://maven.com/ethan-evans/break-t...