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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?
February 13, 2023
Companies are quietly expanding “clawback” provisions to a wider group of employees and extending the time workers must give notice. What’s driving this?
February 7, 2023
Keeping records, bringing in some help, and other tips can help you handle the office manipulators.
A surprisingly upbeat US job-market report suggests corporate leaders are now prioritizing short-term needs over long-term anxiety about the economy.
The developers behind ChatGPT say they now have software that can detect whether text was written by a human—or a machine. Will it help, or create more problems?
Firms are discovering an unexpected headache: not all customers are thrilled when prices drop.
February 6, 2023
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison urges leaders to periodically evaluate their leadership styles.
February 1, 2023
More companies are turning to internal hires in this tough economy. How to capitalize on the shift.
New data shows a growing number of “actively disengaged” employees at the office. How firms can respond.
Employee motivation is dropping as workers return to the office. Plus, find out who's on the 2023 list of the world's most admired companies.
January 30, 2023
Best-selling author Dan Goleman suggests that a mindset change can help organizations achieve what seems currently impossible.
January 29, 2023
The 2023 edition of Korn Ferry and Fortune’s most respected organizations is out. Most of the firms emphasize this business practice far more than their peers do.
January 26, 2023
Should more executives admit that they're burnt-out? Plus, what organizations should do, if anything, about the decline of work friendships.
