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The Growing ‘Friday Effect.'
New research suggests workers are starting weekends sooner and sooner. Should leaders be frustrated?
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.
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 1, 2024
As International Women’s Day arrives, a Korn Ferry analysis finds four in ten women think firms still aren’t recruiting and developing them well enough for leadership roles.
How early is too early to call a work meeting? Plus, why many workers turning to AI, and not their boss, for career advice.
February 28, 2024
One-third of workers are shunning managers for career guidance in favor of AI, according to a new study. Why do they think it is better?
February 27, 2024
As some firms return to 8 AM meetings, workers yawn, then gripe—including 29 million who viewed a TikTok video protesting the idea.
Layoffs, inflation, and the high cost of living are causing more older workers to look for jobs. Here are five ways to craft an age-friendly résumé.
February 26, 2024
Best-selling author Dan Goleman showcases the three elements that matter more than anything else.
February 25, 2024
The number of firms planning to cover the $13,000-a-year weight-loss drug is expected to double this year. But the debate over coverage continues.
February 23, 2024
Why are the UK's small businesses in distress? Plus, how one industry associated with older customers has seemingly won over Generation Z.
What's behind the surge in productivity across the country. Plus, the latest trade-off leaders have to make when deciding on a return-to-office policy.
February 21, 2024
The world is chasing after Gen Zers—so what can companies learn from an industry that has made them some of its best customers?
Health-related fields are adding one-quarter of all jobs in the US. Why is this former “tortoise” field so hot?
Productivity rose for the third consecutive quarter. Do leaders have any more levers to pull to keep up the momentum?
