Ethan Bernstein reveals the process for finding and seizing career opportunities you won’t regret.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The four quests driving every career transition

2) The exercise that keeps you relevant

3) The problem with job descriptions—and what to focus on instead

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— ABOUT ETHAN —

Ethan Bernstein is the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the Developing Yourself as a Leader and Managing Human Capital courses. He spent five years at The Boston Consulting Group and two years in executive positions at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy Assistant Director of Mortgage Markets. Bernstein earned his doctorate in management at Harvard, where he also received a JD/MBA.

• Book: Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career, with Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta

• Assessment: JobMoves.com

• Course: Developing Yourself as a Leader

• Email address: e@hbs.edu

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• Theory: Jobs to be Done

• Term: Story spine

• Book: Pooh's Little Instruction Book by Joan Powers, A. A. Milne, Ernest Shepard

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1008: The Nine Steps for Making Career Progress with Ethan Bernstein

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

1008: The Nine Steps for Making Career Progress with Ethan Bernstein