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Our look at pressing problems and solutions for board directors.
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Weekly leadership messages from our CEO Gary Burnison, capturing the mood and the moment with storytelling and insights.
It’s How Things Get Done
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison explains the leader's critical role in translating a firm's values into everyday actions.
Scaring Off ‘Ghost Jobs'
US lawmakers may start to punish companies that post jobs they don’t fill. Why the practice hasn’t stopped.
Do We Really Need Those Benefits?
A record leap in healthcare costs this year is forcing firms to do a major rethinking of rewards programs. Nothing is sacred.
September 2, 2026
Four-time Team USA cross-country skiing Olympic medalist Jessie Diggins finds some surprising parallels between a career in the mountains and one in the business world.
September 1, 2026
Despite a boom in enrollment, skilled-trade professions still face a talent shortage of 1.3 million workers annually. How that may squash corporate growth.
In the age of return-to-office, every company is home to at least four types of employee. How best to manage each.
One in five professionals now revise their old job descriptions and titles. But what’s the difference between a “revision” and a “lie?”
August 31, 2026
Best-selling author Dan Goleman worries that relying on AI for common workplace challenges could dull our abilities.
More firms that used to be “asset light” are putting a premium on owning physical assets, especially those that provide unique human experiences. What’s behind the shift?
August 26, 2026
Tariff wars are back. How do leaders keep people focused when the same "crisis" keeps emerging?
August 25, 2026
With eight in ten firms now recording meetings, a fourfold jump in six years, leaders worry that important conversations are being stifled.
August 24, 2026
In the age of AI, critical thinking has become a top skill for getting hired. But what is critical thinking, and how can it be taught and developed?
As newer generations step up into bigger roles, firms are discovering that candidates’ spouses and children can be a hard sell.
Best-selling author Dan Goleman explains the downsides of relying on AI for every project.
August 19, 2026
People are outsmarting AI to rig reservations or write code for free. Did firms focus too much on high-level AI errors?
Some CEOs these days boast about how early they get up. How that impacts everyone else.
During the waning days of summer, these are the beach books that our experts recommend.
The weather phenomenon threatens to cause billions in economic chaos, but firms seem too distracted to prepare for its supply-chain headaches.
A survey finds many Gen Xers aren’t planning to retire—or will work a lot longer. How AI, oddly enough, is raising their value.
August 12, 2026
Most workers today feel or say they are overworked. How to avoid this trap in summer’s final month.
More than half of CSOs say they may quit their profession entirely. How the onslaught of AI-aided attacks is overwhelming them.
