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Small amounts of short-term stress can boost performance. But what’s the difference between tolerable stress and toxic stress?

In her new column, Korn Ferry Institute's Rengin Firat offers three strategies to thrive amidst the recent tragedies across the globe.

Hiring an interim professional is a strategic move that more and more companies are turning to as the pace of business continues to increase.

In her new column, Korn Ferry Institute's Tessa Misiaszek, explains how accessing the veteran talent pool provides companies with disciplined, learning agile candidates who can manage uncertainty during times of unpredictability.

As we look to 2023, Korn Ferry talent acquisition experts offer their thoughts on what the coming year will bring to the job market.

In a new column, Korn Ferry’s Dr. Laura McHale asks: can rituals from other re-entry programs help organizations define the rules of the new post-pandemic workplace?

Korn Ferry Institute’s Tessa Misiaszek and Jean-Marc Laouchez explain why companies need to begin integrating brand strategy into talent management.

A new Korn Ferry report shows how great leaders are adapting to the challenges of the post-pandemic world.

The last part in our series, Korn Ferry dives deep into biometrics and how it can be used to optimize team performance.

Women CEOs reveal their personal histories, vital career choices and overlooked experiences on getting to the C-suite. Here’s the advice that emerged.

The second in our three-part series, Korn Ferry looks at the entire professional life in the blockchain and asks: Are you ready?

A new Korn Ferry Institute study looks at how leadership behaviors changed during the COVID-19 crisis.

In a new three-part miniseries, Korn Ferry imagines what the future of human capital might look like in 2035—in the metaverse, with blockchain, and through neuroscience. First up, talent development: that’s so meta.

A new Korn Ferry report reveals how organizations can unlock the six principles of innovative thinking.

Experts explain how to identify, measure, and create synchrony to build great teams.

A new Korn Ferry report offers neuroscience-based solutions to fight back against post-pandemic exhaustion.

With tragedy often in the news, most people today are working while grieving. KFI’s Amelia Haynes explains how leaders can support employees by understanding the science behind grief.

A new Korn Ferry report shows how leaders can transform the employee experience by establishing a clear view for stronger performance.

A new Korn Ferry report reveals how leaders can use neuroscience to make their teams more collaborative, more cooperative and more effective.

A new Korn Ferry report explores how understanding neurodiversity can help companies thrive.

A new Korn Ferry report looks at the power of sleep to boost performance—and the problem with not getting enough.

A new Korn Ferry report identifies three ways firms can become more resilient to make sustainability efforts last.

A new Korn Ferry Institute report explores why some leaders slip into counterproductive habits—and what they can do to get back on track.

Korn Ferry Institute’s Signe Spencer and Guangrong Dai explain how the way organizations frame their purpose can impact their performance.

A new Korn Ferry report identifies five pillars to sustain employee wellbeing and performance.

A new Korn Ferry report looks at how, in the post-pandemic world, the hybrid workplace may be the critical key to drive results.

A new Korn Ferry report reveals how people and organizations can work together to find the sweet spot of stress.

A new Korn Ferry Institute report reveals the emerging trends among CEOs and their boards.

A new Korn Ferry Institute report reveals four science-based practices necessary for organizations to activate their purpose.

A new Korn Ferry report explains how compassion is a key part of empathy we often overlook.

A new Korn Ferry report reveals how we can use mindfulness to take back the wheel.

The Korn Ferry Institute introduces a new framework that helps people define and clarify their personal purpose.

A new Korn Ferry paper explores the importance and relevance of Emotional Intelligence.

A new Korn Ferry report explores the effects of culture and gender on leader bottom-line mentality.

A new Korn Ferry Institute report reveals the changing dynamic among CEOs and their high-performing executive teams.

A new Korn Ferry report reveals the critical factors that make great transformations flourish in uncertain times.

Korn Ferry’s new framework offers a simple starting point for describing people.

Clearing up some common misconceptions about one of today’s trendiest topics.

A new Korn Ferry report offers neuroscience-based insights for developing your agile learning skills.

Learn how the mindset and approach of the most effective CEOs have changed as they lead companies through disruption.

It’s not just skill and experience that matter when it comes to choosing a CEO. The best choice also has the right drivers.

New research shows how self-awareness determines whether high IQ improves or hinders leadership.

How having a sense of purpose, regardless of what it is, impacts your health and well-being.

A new breed of best-in-class corporate affairs officer is evolving, with a sweeping scope of responsibilities and a crucial role as trusted advisor to the CEO.

Alumni find such value in Korn Ferry’s leadership institutes that half sponsor colleagues to participate.

Tech disruptions and outdated corporate structures are sapping people’s drive to work at a distressing, if not record, level. Motivation, Innovation, Workplace stress, Leadership, Purpose, Performance, Organizational change

A new Korn Ferry report says that finding the best employees may involve remodeling how companies approach talent and human resources.

Leadership styles and organizational climate scores do not appear impacted by the upheaval throughout 2020.

A new Korn Ferry study shows how to improve chances of making the right decision, which can pay quick and huge dividends.

A study of 2,000 C-level executives finds that understanding people is a valuable skill, but accommodating them is not.

A new Korn Ferry report investigates whether the coronavirus outbreak had an impact on multi-rater assessments. The short answer: no.

A new Korn Ferry report explores the critical need for learning agile leadership in an increasingly complex, uncertain world.

How have things shifted, and what does an optimized future look like?

Bosses report an average 35% jump in on-the-job performance by those who complete a customized Korn Ferry leadership development program.

In search of the next fintech innovation, executives say they need an unusual number of risk-takers with past failures.

Descubre cómo el COVID-19 ha afectado las compensaciones y beneficios y qué planean hacer las organizaciones.

A new Korn Ferry report takes a look at the future of neuroscience innovation in assessment.

As the world forges ahead amid the pandemic, Korn Ferry’s annual pulse survey reveals what’s pressing for each member of the C-suite.

Korn Ferry’s new report highlights the markers of high leadership potential.

Social distancing drives a greater need for virtual work, including in the area of assessments. In a new report, the Korn Ferry Institute highlights the robustness of executing leadership simulations virtually.

Korn Ferry research shows what leaders do to get the best results during challenging times

Korn Ferry’s partnership with the Drucker Institute shows how leadership qualities drive long-term organizational effectiveness.

A new Korn Ferry report finds that both managers and employees rate valuing differences as less important than other leadership competencies.

A new Korn Ferry reports looks at the critical indicators and levers that can help—or hinder—countries managing through crisis

A new Korn Ferry report showcases the leadership qualities most critical to success during challenging times.

A new Korn Ferry report shows leadership assessments do more than preview a candidate’s success in a new role, they can also predict job performance—one year later.

Leaders with a clear purpose often ascend to more challenging roles and boast an average tenure of 18 years.

A consumer goods company significantly moved the needle on executive diversity through a targeted program for women of color. Women in leadership.

Leaders who closely fit with traits and drivers in Korn Ferry four-dimensional executive assessment are up to 13 times more likely to be highly engaged in their jobs.

Companies high in discretionary energy earn more for their stockholders, according to a new Korn Ferry study.

A new Korn Ferry report investigates the impact of Brexit on leadership in the UK.

Getting employees to want to go above and beyond what is expected of them can have a big impact on an organization's returns.

How have things shifted, and what does an optimized future look like?

Korn Ferry’s annual Executive Pulse Survey studied executives from across the globe, including Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs).

Korn Ferry surveyed 111 Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs). We looked at the talent shortages they are facing, why their tenure tends to be short, and how the pandemic is increasing the focus on customers more than ever.

Korn Ferry surveyed 220 Technology Officers from around the globe. We explored their relationship with the CEO, how IT is viewed within their organization, and their desire for more collaboration.

Korn Ferry surveyed 230 Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs). We explored how they’re at the heart of today’s challenging work environment and how the pandemic is impacting their function.

Discretionary Energy is crucial for organizations to achieve superior performance. But how to fire it up? New Korn Ferry research offers a model.

Korn Ferry surveyed 276 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) from around the globe. They shared views on their relationship to their CEO, the importance of collaborating with their C-suite peers and understanding the evolving role of the CFO in the time of coronavirus.

Putting CEO candidates through a rigorous assessment can have significant benefits for organizations.

Boards using Korn Ferry assessments pick CEOs who impact companies 15 months longer than average.

Ensuring the right mix of a CEO’s competencies can result in longer tenures and play a key role in how organizations are led.

Korn Ferry surveyed 773 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) from around the globe. We explored the evolving demands of the CEO role, transparency and authenticity in the way they lead, and how they are navigating through the thick fog of the global health crisis.