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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 28, 2026
Sixty-one percent of employees are ‘languishing’ as a tough job market and looming tech brings a loss in purpose.
Open floor plans correlate with 67% higher incidence of bullying, according to a new study. What’s an office manager to do?
Two in five white collar workers who changed jobs at year-end took pay cuts of more than 10%. After the big raises of the past, are firms seeking a ‘salary recovery?’
April 24, 2026
New research suggests workers are starting weekends sooner and sooner. Should leaders be frustrated?
April 23, 2026
In such a tough job market, more workers are taking any job they can find—regardless of their interest in it. How that can corrode a firm’s culture and mission.
April 22, 2026
With their pick of candidates, some firms are asking for Sunday interviews or extending ‘work trials.’ What’s next?
June 9, 2023
The early results on AI's impact are coming in. Plus, many CEOs were seen as empathetic during the worst of the pan-demic. Now, however....
June 7, 2023
Two new studies suggest leaders are tapping into artificial intelligence to replace jobs—not enhance them. Is that the best strategy?
One-third of workers think the corner office lacks a trait that was critical during the pandemic. But the so-called “empathy deficit” may be more complex than it seems.
June 6, 2023
Anxiety about a recession remains, but job-hiring figures continue to be strong. Why is almost everyone still bringing people on?
June 5, 2023
With travel expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels, firms will face a unique balancing act try-ing to keep staffing up.
June 2, 2023
Why leaders believe it’s critical that everyone is back in the of-fice on Mondays. Plus, how to be professionally ambitious with-out burning out.
May 31, 2023
More organizations are trying to reclaim Monday as a mandatory in-office workday. Experts call it a calculated risk.
A remarkable four out of ten executives say they’d like to quit in the next year. How to avoid all the stress—but still move up the ladder.
May 30, 2023
It’s costly and complicated. But firms facing labor shortages and wanting employees back in the office are giving the idea a new look.
May 29, 2023
Best-selling author Dan Goleman explains why the two are both complementary and critical to growing long-term value.
May 23, 2023
Younger workers are set to inherit the greatest transfer of wealth in history. What changes should leaders anticipate.
Here’s what our experts are reading and watching as the summer kicks off.
