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This Week in Leadership
Recent articles reported by our team on important business-news developments.
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.
What Really Matters in an Interview
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison highlights what job seekers must get across when they meet with potential employers.
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 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?
November 29, 2023
Three in four leaders say this new generation is “difficult” to work with. But is there something about this group that leaders are missing?
More than half of British companies don’t give exit interviews when workers quit. Are they missing out on hidden morale issues?
Employees and managers are gearing up to set annual performance goals. Yet too often many of these goals are abandoned or forgotten by midyear.
Some business leaders think AI has the potential to pack five days of work into just three. How will pay and job roles be handled?
November 28, 2023
Consumers were shocked to find some retailers closed over part of the Thanksgiving weekend. Is a new trend emerging?
November 27, 2023
Dan Goleman examines the relationship between two of the most talked-about components of leadership.
A trio of recent ransomware attacks on critical operations underscores why corporate leaders now rank cybersecurity as their top concern.
Unable to afford electric vehicles, new car buyers are turning to hybrid options to keep up with the sustainability movement.
November 24, 2023
The end-of-year push. Plus, the skills on which leaders can work to improve in 2024.
November 20, 2023
As holiday gift season approaches, there’s an unexpected group who have become high rollers. But from a business leader’s standpoint, they are the most challenging group to attract.
November 19, 2023
Experts suggest brushing up on conflict management and a host of other hard and soft skills.
November 17, 2023
Why are fewer women than men trying out new AI software? Plus, what to do when you feel overworked.
