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Workplace AI: Is Resistance Futile?

In the latest disturbing trend for leaders, a growing number of workers are undermining or ignoring firms’ AI efforts.

The New Survival Strategy: More Meetings

As mid-career office workers strive to keep their jobs, they’re homing in on the one arena where human skills still reign supreme: meetings.

The Sharp Squeeze on Britain’s HR Budgets

AI and hiring cutbacks have quietly prompted one of the biggest resets in HR budgets in years. Could that be a mistake?

April 21, 2026

The AI Is Emotionally Self Aware. Is the Boss?

Best-selling author Dan Goleman says new AI models are being trained in an emotional-intelligence skill that many leaders can’t—or won’t—master.

April 20, 2026

The Sharp Slicing of HR Budgets

AI and hiring cutbacks have quietly prompted the largest reduction in HR budgets in years. Could that be a mistake?

April 15, 2026

Briefings Podcast: Hiring: The Great Mismatch

The new roles are there for the taking, but firms aren’t hiring because the skills aren’t there. How to solve the greatest talent imbalance in a generation.

April 15, 2026

I’ll Take ‘Your Training is Obsolete’ for $200

Be it Jeopardy! or other game shows, experts are raising a question for corporate leaders: Will AI make studying easier, but not promote real learning?

April 15, 2026

Workplace AI: Is Resistance Futile?

In the latest disturbing trend for leaders, a growing number of workers are undermining or ignoring firms’ AI efforts.

April 15, 2026

5 Ways to Handle Awkward Work Situations

Anyone who has ever had a job has found themselves in an awkward situation with a colleague or boss. Our experts share their advice.

April 15, 2026

A Tough Global Message

Even if the Middle East conflict ended tomorrow, higher prices and shortages could continue through the year. How should leaders explain that to their stakeholders?

April 8, 2026

Pay Transparency: Britain and the EU on Divergent Routes

Workers are sending three million messages a day to ChatGPT about wages and compensation, intensifying negotiations.

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September 19, 2025

Health-Cost Sticker Shock: Is There a Cure?

But these three million specific customers do, as retailers increasingly focus on a tiny band of high spenders. Does everyone else feel left out?

September 19, 2025

This Week in Leadership (Sept 15 - Sept 21)

Which cities have the most AI-related jobs? Plus, how to resolve a tense work situation.

September 17, 2025

Hiring Forecast: 25% Chance of Fiction

A shocking one in four résumés is expected to be a misleading representation of the candidate by 2028. How AI is playing a key role here, and how firms are adjusting to a new reality of fakery.

September 17, 2025

Is ‘Caring’ for Workers Taking a Back Seat?

A new Korn Ferry survey finds CEOs and directors are deprioritizing skills like emotional intelligence and driving engagement. Why finding AI skills has become so urgent.

September 17, 2025

The New (and Surprising) Hotbeds for AI Jobs

In a tough job market, candidates with AI skills may find some friendly opportunities beyond traditional tech centers. Milwaukee, anyone?

September 16, 2025

How to Defuse a Tense Work Situation

Managers spend one quarter of their time resolving conflicts, including their own.

September 15, 2025

The Skills That Make ‘Zero Distance’ Possible

Best-selling author Dan Goleman explains how firms can find the right kind of workforce to reduce management hierarchies.

September 15, 2025

Hitting Your 50s—But Not As a CEO

Evidence suggests fewer fiftysomethings are getting the top jobs than in prior generations. How older and younger contenders are squeezing them out.

September 12, 2025

This Week in Leadership (Sept 8 - Sept 14)

The massive raises AI skills can command. Plus, how to have a September

September 10, 2025

Did Supply-Chain Pros Forget Something? Oh, Right: People

In a shift on priorities, just 12% of global corporate supply-chain goals include focusing on people skills and safety.

September 10, 2025

Board Focus: Now You Want Us Older?

For years, the average age for directors has ticked downward. But as more boards look for experience, older directors may have an advantage.

September 9, 2025

5 Tips for a September Reset

Skills-training and certificate programs are expected to balloon into a $3 billion business by decade’s end. Deciding which courses to take is a challenge.

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