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This Week in Leadership
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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 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.
Welcome to the Sunday Job Interview
With their pick of candidates, some firms are asking for Sunday interviews or extending ‘work trials.’ What’s next?
6 Ways to Handle Decision Fatigue
Managing all the back-and-forth business shifts going on right now can take its toll.
April 21, 2026
AI and hiring cutbacks have quietly prompted one of the biggest resets in HR budgets in years. Could that be a mistake?
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
AI and hiring cutbacks have quietly prompted the largest reduction in HR budgets in years. Could that be a mistake?
April 15, 2026
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.
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?
In the latest disturbing trend for leaders, a growing number of workers are undermining or ignoring firms’ AI efforts.
Anyone who has ever had a job has found themselves in an awkward situation with a colleague or boss. Our experts share their advice.
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?
May 29, 2024
With the Summer Games approaching, our experts offer up impressive ways they train.
Workers are now logging off an hour earlier than they did in 2021. Experts weigh in on how leaders might address this watershed moment.
May 28, 2024
Firms in retail, ride-hailing, and other industries are testing some unusual partnerships with companies in other industries. Will it drive more business—or drive people away?
For those working from home, new research finds increases in productivity, but mixed results for health and career.
Workers have posted more than 200,000 videos about their lack of interest in their jobs. Is it a wake-up call for firm leaders?
May 27, 2024
Best-selling author Dan Goleman explains how good news engages purpose-driven workers, and there’s plenty of good news around.
May 24, 2024
Why companies are changing return-to-office policies... again. Plus, the new must-dos for job interviews.
May 22, 2024
Investors are pulling money out of sustainable-investment funds at a record pace. Can firm leaders find a way to prevent a domino effect on their own corporate ESG actions?
In a tough job market, candidates get fewer job interviews—and must ace the ones they do secure.
One-quarter of US employees say their firms’ return-to-office rules have changed multiple times. Is the waffling causing some workers to stay home?
May 17, 2024
Why some firms are leery of hiring entrepreneurs. Plus, how to negotiate a bigger pay raise.
May 15, 2024
At a time when firms say they need innovators, a new study finds recruiters are strongly biased against hiring entrepreneurs—who are known for being innovative.
