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Our national magazine featuring long and short form features. Plus, a regular podcast diving into leadership issues.
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Our look at pressing problems and solutions for board directors.
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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?
February 27, 2023
A recent US ruling prohibits non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements. How firms—and employees—should adjust to this new normal as layoffs continue.
February 23, 2023
Savvy ways you can upgrade your resume better than AI can. Plus, the latest place ex-employees go to criticize their old firms.
February 22, 2023
Ex-employees are turning to a new tool to complain about their firms. Can companies afford to ignore these videos?
An increase in office-building defaults suggests firms are not renewing leases and abandoning return-to-office efforts, at least to some degree.
February 21, 2023
A chatbot can pump out a document, but a human can make these upgrades to attract the interest of recruiters.
Companies are buying back stock at double the pace of last year. But this once little-noticed move may be drawing unwanted attention.
February 16, 2023
Have middle managers reached a breaking point? Plus, how to juggle working and caregiving.
February 15, 2023
Surveys show a growing number of workers now have at least some caretaking duties.
A new survey shows stress levels for legal- and government affairs executives are up sharply, as firms try to straddle the fence on many public issues.
February 14, 2023
The right-to-repair movement scored a major victory recently in the farming industry. Will smartphones and electronics be next?
Already tasked with enforcing new office and productivity edicts, a growing number are getting laid off, docked pay, or demoted. Why is there a target on their backs?
February 13, 2023
Best-selling author Daniel Goleman explains why firms will need employees to both think and work with sustainability in mind.
