An estimated 1 billion people switch jobs every year, and the war for talent continues. Leaders and HR teams keep using the same hiring strategies as the average employee tenure decreases year after year. Companies aren’t addressing the root issue: employees crave meaningful work, supportive colleagues, and growth opportunities. Unless companies transform their approach to employee satisfaction, they’ll keep losing their best people—something Ethan Bernstein and Michael Horn believe we can prevent.

Ethan and Michael are co-authors of Job Moves, a book that uses the Jobs to Be Done theory to approach job selection as hiring a role to fulfill personal and professional goals, encouraging a more holistic perspective on career choices.

In this episode, Dart, Ethan, and Michael discuss:
– Major pushes and pulls driving job changes
– Jobs to Be Done theory applied to work and career transitions
– 4 Quests of job changes: why employees leave their jobs
– Progress vs. progression at work
– Experiences vs. features in job selection
– 9 activities that companies can do to ensure strong employee fit
– How to prototype and test potential career changes
– And other topics…