Misha Rubin is a former Ernst & Young Partner turned Executive What’s-Next Strategist. He created the Career Operating System, a framework for fast-tracking, reinventing, and designing careers without regret. He has guided hundreds of ambitious executives and professionals through pivotal crossroads — from nurses and engineers to Wall Street Managing Directors and CEOs — helping them decide what’s next with clarity and courage and make the leap.
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Bio
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Misha Rubin is an Executive What’s-Next Strategist, former Partner at Ernst & Young, and creator of the Career Operating System — a proven methodology for career fast-tracking, reinvention, and long-term fulfillment.
For 15 years, Misha advised the world’s top financial institutions on Wall Street while climbing to Partner at EY. Then, at the height of his success, he made the bold leap to leave corporate and launch a coaching and education company focused on helping professionals make the most important decisions of their lives: career choices.
Since then, he has guided 100s of professionals, executives, and CEOs to land promotions, double compensation, pivot industries, or reinvent entirely.
Reinvention isn’t theory for Misha — it’s lived practice. He
• Adopted 3 children in 2 years
• Founded Rise Ukraine, a nonprofit serving thousands of children with trauma
• Released an original music album
For 15 years, Misha advised the world’s top financial institutions on Wall Street while climbing to Partner at EY. Then, at the height of his success, he made the bold leap to leave corporate and launch a coaching and education company focused on helping professionals make the most important decisions of their lives: career choices.
Since then, he has guided 100s of professionals, executives, and CEOs to land promotions, double compensation, pivot industries, or reinvent entirely.
Reinvention isn’t theory for Misha — it’s lived practice. He
• Adopted 3 children in 2 years
• Founded Rise Ukraine, a nonprofit serving thousands of children with trauma
• Released an original music album
Signature Podcast Topics
Signature Podcast Topics
- The Missing Curriculum: Career Education for Leaders
Why organizations teach every skill except how to consciously manage one’s own career direction and fulfillment — and how closing that gap transforms leadership and engagement.
- The Courage to Ask What’s Next
Why high achievers delay reinvention until crisis hits, and how awareness and strategy help leaders pivot intentionally rather than reactively.
- The Quiet Crisis of Midlife Ambition
What happens when success stops feeling like success — and how to rebuild meaning, energy, and purpose without losing momentum.
- Navigating Corporate Culture from the Inside Out
How to read the invisible rules of power, influence, and belonging so leaders can thrive consciously, not politically.
- Career as a Design Problem
How leaders can architect their next chapter with creativity and strategy instead of competing for roles that already exist.
- Future of Work and Self-Leadership
Why the most valuable leaders of the next decade will be those who know how to reinvent themselves and guide others through uncertainty.
- The Inner Life of Leadership
Exploring how identity, emotional clarity, and inner alignment drive authentic influence and sustainable performance.
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Suggested Interview Questions
Suggested Interview Questions
- What are the 3 biggest mistakes ambitious professionals make when making career decisions?
- How can leaders fast-track without burning out or losing themselves?
- What’s the difference between a circumstantial decision and a strategic one?
- How do you reinvent mid-career without blowing everything up?
- Why do so many people regret their career choices — and how do you prevent that?
- What does the future of work really mean for executives and professionals?
- How should leaders prepare their careers today for the next 5–10 years?
Selected Media Appearances
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