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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?
April 21, 2023
Why are CEOs taking a more blunt stance with their employees? Plus, the lost art of the work phone call.
Older Americans are putting off retirement, and that's now a quandary for their employers. Plus, the unexpected reason why some employees don't want to return to the office.
April 19, 2023
Recent intelligence leaks are making leaders question whether their employees truly comprehend the meaning of hush-hush.
As email use continues to mount, writing well can literally make or break careers.
People are putting off retirement because they don’t have enough savings—a major quandary for employers as the economy slows down.
Leaders may be overlooking one reason some employees avoid returning to the office: the fear of new social and cultural minefields in today’s office environment.
April 14, 2023
Is the greatest job market in history ending? Plus, why remote workers feel like they have a target on their backs.
April 12, 2023
As layoffs mount, one-third of workers not in the office fret they’ll be let go. How can they best respond?
What’s changed, and what hasn’t, now that companies are no longer hiring at a historic rate.
Analysts are expecting a significant decline in profits this earnings season. But how much of a decline will be the critical issue.
April 7, 2023
The myriad ways firms are using to lay people off in 2023. Plus, good news, maybe, on inflation.
April 5, 2023
Managers are facing a new generation of distracting strategies that employees swear by for focus.
