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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 22, 2026
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.
March 13, 2024
Despite widespread efforts to engage them, only about 20% of workers think work is core to their identity. Is this the new normal—or can leaders make more adjustments?
How do you drive ever more top performance out of people without burning them out? The author of a new book on the topic and an Olympic medalist highlight how it can be done.
March 11, 2024
Emotional-intelligence expert Dan Goleman highlights a major example of how money is not the prime motivating factor for many millennials.
Dealmaking activity has shot up 130% to start the year. Experts ask: What happened to growing organically?
March 10, 2024
Recruiters are creating new quandaries for candidates as well as with using some old standbys more frequently. How to prepare for them.
March 8, 2024
Why some CHROs deserve an Oscar. Plus, how to navigate the new tough questions job recruiters are using.
Why some CHROs deserve an Oscar. Plus, how to navigate the tough new questions job recruiters are asking.
March 6, 2024
Half of UK firms testing the shorter week say they will make it permanent. Still, skeptics say innovation and training could suffer.
With firms moving to track attendance and even sick days, two experts explain why leaders and workers are so far apart.
There’s a new Academy Award—for casting. HR executives say it’s about time.
Companies trying to cut billions in real-estate costs are struggling to figure how much space a hybrid workforce needs.
