Chris Degnan

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1,056 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 23 May

Chris Degnan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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How many years did he age you?

A lot.

Chris is actually 27.

Yeah, exactly.

Exactly.

But, you know, I clearly remember there was a very senior person that I had hired and he was not working out.

He was not working out at all.

And I tell Frank, I said, I think I have a problem with this person.

And he goes, you know, Chris, I'm old and I'm going to die soon.

So you got to do it now.

And he's like, the problem you have, Chris, is you have too much empathy.

He's like, when you have doubt, there's no doubt.

And really, I learned that from Frank is making those hard decisions quickly.

It does so many things.

First of all, you get rid of the rot.

Second of all, it makes other people better because you all of a sudden you are a performance based culture.

You're getting rid of someone who's not performing and people look up to you.

So I've had to make very hard decisions, multiple senior people that I've fired throughout my career.

I hate firing people.

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