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The Inauguration Ends. The Onboarding Begins.

How the thousands of new US officials who are starting their jobs now have the same mission as their corporate counterparts.

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5 Doable Work Goals in 2021's First Quarter

Experts say hitting these marks are setups for bigger career steps later in the year and beyond.

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When Should CEOs Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

They are essential to their stakeholders, but are they essential workers?

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How to Listen More Effectively

Election season involved a lot of shouting but not so much listening. We looked for ways leaders and employees can communicate better.

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Refusing to Return to the Office

Many leaders who had hoped to bring workers back en masse are facing a backlash—particularly from parents.

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The IPO Meltdown

One IPO after another has flopped this year. How boards that are considering one can have a big say in avoiding the stumbles.

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Alibaba's Latest Merger: Its Top Two Roles

By reuniting its CEO and board chair roles when founder Jack Ma departs, the trailblazing Chinese firm is following in the footsteps of many mega-sized firms.

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The Bull Market Decade (Almost)

This week the U.S. stock market bull run became the longest in history. How leaders should approach risk in this new normal.

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The Path to High-Level Talent

A new book co-authored by Korn Ferry vice chairman Dennis Carey offers radical solutions for acquiring, managing, and deploying hires who fit today’s new business challenges.

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What to do about the return of stock market volatility, plus the way to stay calm when work stress levels rise.

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Wall Street's New Call for More Women Directors

Institutional investors say having more female representation improves decision-making. Studies show they’re right.

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Getting acquisitions right and China's latest agile feat, plus the hidden headache the stock market rally causes board directors.

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The $100 Trillion Stock Market

Worldwide, equities are about to pass a huge milestone, but how do you evaluate CEOs when everyone’s stock is soaring?

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Leadership Deadlock: Deal with It

The recent flap at the U.S. consumer bureau is a reminder to boards to establish procedures to break stalemates.

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The Korn Ferry Annual Survey of Board Leadership

The latest trends in board leadership at the nation's largest public companies.

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Advance Planning: Long-Term Board Succession Gets Serious

Our best practices for high-performing boards.

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The Korn Ferry Market Cap 100: Creating a New Leader in the Boardroom

A new Korn Ferry report finds that the nation’s largest firms are carving out a lead director position to improve governance.

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Lead Director, the New Linchpin of Boards

How to identify, compensate and evaluate to ensure a high-performing board.

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CEO Succession: How One Board Drove Transformation

New Year’s predictions are tricky, but one thing we know with certainty about 2016 is that the pace of change in business will not abate.

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The Korn Ferry Market Cap 100: Governance changes at the top 100 US companies by market capitalization

Each year, Korn Ferry examines current board practices—and change over prior years—as well as characteristics of newly added directors in the Korn Ferry Market Cap 100 (KFMC100).

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Long-Term Board Succession Planning Emerging as a Best Practice

Why boards are beginning to recognize long-term succession planning as not only a best practice, but a necessity:

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The Korn Ferry Market Cap 100: Adding Cybersecurity to the Board's Risk Portfolio

Cybercrime is a costly threat to companies everywhere yet most boards lack cybersecurity expertise. We recommend several ways boards can move from awareness to action.

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Korn Ferry NACD Annual Survey of Board Leadership 2014

Our Survey of Board Leadership examines board structure at leading organizations to offer insights and recommendations for governance & succession planning.

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The Korn Ferry Market Cap 100: Defining, recruiting, and leveraging digital expertise for the board

Defining, recruiting, and leveraging digital expertise for the board