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This Week in Leadership
Recent articles reported by our team on important business-news developments.
Briefings Magazine
Our national magazine featuring long and short form features. Plus, a regular podcast diving into leadership issues.
Briefings for the Boardroom
Our look at pressing problems and solutions for board directors.
Perspectives
Engaging articles centered on business issues our clients have tackled.
Special Edition
Weekly leadership messages from our CEO Gary Burnison, capturing the mood and the moment with storytelling and insights.
The Graying Corner Office
New data says the average CEO age is now a decade older from 2000. Will younger generations miss out on the top role?
Financial Forecasting: Why It’s Getting Cloudy
Companies are reporting earnings that are beating analysts’ estimates by a wide margin. Why isn’t financial forecasting getting more accurate?
5 Red Flags You’ve Been Set Up to Fail
Underfunding, no real authority, vague goals: Managers can walk into traps with no hope of success. How to spot them.
April 29, 2026
A surprising 96 percent of companies now hold off-site employee events. What is making them so popular, and are they worth it?
April 28, 2026
Sixty-one percent of employees are ‘languishing’ as a tough job market and looming tech brings a loss in purpose.
Open floor plans correlate with 67% higher incidence of bullying, according to a new study. What’s an office manager to do?
Two in five white collar workers who changed jobs at year-end took pay cuts of more than 10%. After the big raises of the past, are firms seeking a ‘salary recovery?’
April 24, 2026
New research suggests workers are starting weekends sooner and sooner. Should leaders be frustrated?
April 1, 2022
How the $6.8 trillion capital spending spree could backfire. Plus, the signs it's time to quit.
March 30, 2022
Lower office-occupancy rates are leading companies to reconfigure their on-site perks.
March 29, 2022
While it’s natural to fixate on inflation and a war, experts say leaders can’t drop the ball on key issues. A special report on the most critical leadership topics and challenges.
March 28, 2022
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison highlights the questions nearly everyone gets asked—and how to answer them.
Best-selling author Daniel Goleman asks why so many firms have not backed up their earlier big statements with actions.
March 26, 2022
The unemployment rate has quietly fallen to minuscule levels in a host of surprising regions, creating critical labor shortages that are forcing firms to rethink their hiring strategies.
March 25, 2022
The critical issues leaders might be overlooking. Plus, why baby boomers are the most in-demand demographic.
March 23, 2022
With in-person activities seeing a revival, experts suggest these strategies to refresh your people skills.
March 22, 2022
After decades of youth-focused culture, older people are finding themselves in demand both as consumers and workers.
March 18, 2022
Amidst the Eastern European conflict, heads of state are stealing the geopolitical stage with speeches—not tweets. Can the medium of the moment help CEOs?
Will companies that pull out of Russia go back? Plus, why thousands of employees are doing what Tom Brady just did.
March 16, 2022
More than half of candidates fail job interviews because they are unprepared for the key “why” questions.
