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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.
One Step Forward?
Why companies have become more aggressive both about spending and hiring. 'It's opening up.'
AI Is Reading Your Emotions… at Work
AI that can read people’s emotions is showing up in places employees may not expect. Could monitoring employees be going too far?
The UK’s Boomer Quagmire
Older workers are dropping out of the workforce at a sharp rate. Why that should worry corporate leaders.
June 10, 2026
June 9, 2026
Health insurance companies are leaving a key marketplace in droves. Will part-time workers and contractors run for the hills?
What is dark empathy, and is your manager guilty of it? We check into some little-known but important lapses in management.
More firms are asking employees to both manage teams and be a colleague. Here’s how to handle the dual role.
June 8, 2026
June 3, 2026
A recent report finds that the World Cup—starting next week—will cost at least $4.5 billion in lost productivity. What other events are sidelining workers?
The major AI companies have recently raised user prices significantly. Will that impact how much businesses use them?
September 10, 2025
In a shift on priorities, just 12% of global corporate supply-chain goals include focusing on people skills and safety.
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
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.
Salaries for AI talent continue to rise, with increases of 12% or more for people with no experience. But the risks for firms extend far beyond pay.
Six in ten workers don’t leave their desk at lunch. Is it another blow to corporate culture?
September 5, 2025
What should companies do with all their job-hugging employees? Plus, how to pick a good training course.
September 4, 2025
New data this week confirms people are staying put in their roles. Should leaders try to develop this newly loyal breed of workers—or nudge some out?
September 3, 2025
Why 2025 is the year top finance execs are leaving at a pace unseen in years. What’s the impact of having a new finance team?
Half of workers feel that learning the skills needed for AI can feel like a new job. How firms can help workers juggle a critical new demand.
September 2, 2025
Tariffs, an ongoing AI race, multiple wars. Is a new breed of leaders needed to handle not one—but many—major disruptions at once?
September 1, 2025
Best-selling author Dan Goleman argues that what leaders need now isn’t certainty, but a wider sense of possibility.
