Ethan Evans
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I'm thinking, get in the shower, get on your treadmill, anything.
I've got to fix these problems.
And he comes back and says, what problems?
And starts auditing and digging.
And my goose is cooked.
Well, Jeff's mad.
He's mad that we failed.
It's reasonable, right?
We've let him down.
But one of his executives decides, not unreasonably, like my job is to play the heavy for Jeff and make sure Ethan knows he fell short.
So this number two in the company comes marching into our physical space.
And the case of an umbrella manager, my boss was a guy named Paul Ryder.
And Paul goes and puts himself physically in front of that manager and says who's his direct boss and says, look,
If there's any problem here, address it with me.
This is my team and I'm solely responsible.
And that's an umbrella manager.
Now, the funny part of this story is the executive says, Paul, that is really good leadership.
And I appreciate that.
Now, I need to talk to Ethan.
Please step out of the way.