Rule # 5 for surviving Ethan: Sell out!

Hey, he is the boss.  The national organization vetted the guy and the board selected and approved him.  End of story, time to get to work.  The thing is working harder, even leading in money, membership and manpower will not save you.  If you are going to sit back to see what happens, good for you, it is an approach to the situation.  Whether you sell out to Ethan or sit on the fence please use the time to think about what you’ll be doing after Scouting.  Most of the people who sold out are no longer with the Baltimore council; they were not able to beat Ethan at his own game.  We would write that the majority of the sellouts are in sales positions now.  If insurance, real estate or office products are of interest to you now might be a good time to explore these options.

We know of only two senior professionals who were able to move to other councils, one was a female finance director (not a lot of those in Scouting) who took a lateral move.  The other was the director of field services, who was promoted to a Scout executive position.  It’s a little harder to side-line your number two, better to get him promoted.

There is a great deal of interest here in Baltimore in what happens to the guys Ethan brought in, especially Baltimore’s Late Night Bumper Car Champion.