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This Week in Leadership
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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 29, 2026
The average American CEO is 61, a decade older than in 2000. Why companies might prefer the gray haired-set.
Companies are reporting earnings that are beating analysts’ estimates by a wide margin. Why isn’t financial forecasting getting more accurate?
A surprising 96 percent of companies now hold off-site employee events. What is making them so popular, and are they worth it?
Underfunding, no real authority, vague goals: Managers can walk into traps with no hope of success. How to spot them.
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?
January 2, 2023
Last year employees were looking for meaning, says best-selling author Daniel Goleman. This year they will be acting on it.
January 1, 2023
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December 30, 2022
Korn Ferry's best articles of 2022 about return-to-office issues, leadership, hiring, careers, and diversity.
December 27, 2022
The Great Resignation was so 2021. What talent professionals need to do to hire and keep the best people now. Our best stories of the year.
December 26, 2022
A slew of new challenges are taxing leaders in far different ways than the pandemic did. Our best stories of the year
Hiring freezes and layoffs have returned, but those looking to improve their careers still have lots of options. How to get ahead now. Our best stories of the year.
Remote. Hybrid. All-office all the time. What’s working and what’s not. Our best stories of the year.
December 19, 2022
A new Korn Ferry finds firms are taking a cautious approach toward comp as they move into in 2023.
With tough times looming, experts say executives take steps now and during their holiday break to hit the ground running in 2023.
Retailers are feeling the national labor shortage at the worst time. But are there some solutions for both the short and long term?
December 16, 2022
A Korn Ferry survey finds an overwhelming majority of employees plans to take longer-than-usual winter vacations. But they will checking in often, too.
The problem with all the bosses heading out on vacation at once. Plus, the promises, and realities of the latest AI breakthrough.
