This Week in Leadership (May 12 - May 18)

Why some firms are bringing back a controversial way to evaluate employees. Why the latest crop of college graduates is finding it more difficult to find a job than their older peers are. Plus, career advice for people in their 30s and 40s. Here are some recent articles by Korn Ferry's content team on leadership-related news.

Are ‘Rank and Yank’ Performance Reviews Making a Comeback?

Some Silicon Valley firms have turned to a controversial performance-review system that rewards and removes workers based on rankings. Will other firms follow?

Why Young Professionals—and Grads—Are Struggling

Just as graduation season peaks, the unemployment rate for Americans aged 20 to 24 has jumped. New corporate hiring strategies and the young workers themselves may be to blame.

The Industry That Can’t Afford Innovation

A new Korn Ferry survey finds that zero percent of healthcare executives believe their firms are on the cutting edge of innovation. What’s holding them back?

Career Advice for Your 30s and 40s

Feeling stuck or stymied? Here are actions to take to move over, out, and up.

Connectorship

Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison says leaders most often can’t create meaningful connections by accident.