Ex-Amazon VP: Do This at Work to Get Promoted Fast | Ethan Evans

About this episode

Ethan Evans shares insights on how to navigate corporate politics and gain visibility to achieve career advancement.

You work harder than half your team. You deliver results. But somehow, the person who talks a good game in meetings just got promoted ahead of you. Here's the truth: hard work doesn't get you promoted. Visibility, advocacy, and understanding the game do. Ethan Evans is a retired Amazon VP who spent over 15 years building billion dollar businesses inside one of the most demanding companies on earth. He went from getting fired twice early in his career to running Prime Video, Twitch sponsorships, the Amazon Appstore, and a t-shirt printing business that now does over a billion dollars a year. He worked directly with Jeff Bezos, survived public failures, learned how to navigate corporate politics without losing his soul, and retired early to teach others how to do the same. In this episode, you'll learn: The magic loop: how to turn your boss into your biggest advocate by making them successful first Why invisible performers lose to visible performers every time and how a weekly status report changes everything The exact script to ask for a raise that gets results without threatening to quit Good boss versus bad boss: why consistency beats likability and how to tell the difference in…

People in this episode

Host: Codie Sanchez

Guest: Ethan Evans

Topics covered

• career advancement
• corporate politics
• visibility at work
• advocacy
• feedback
• promotions

Keywords

• promotion
• visibility
• advocacy
• corporate politics
• feedback
• career growth
• Amazon
• Jeff Bezos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon

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