Korn Ferry Briefings: Leadership Unfiltered

Briefings: Influenced!

Firms are spending $90 billion a year on influencing. But how much does it really work and what's changing? A social media star with over two million followers shares his

Briefings: Leadership Lessons from Nowhere

Ever been knee-deep in quicksand or done an avalanche rescue in the Himalayas? Senior executives share unique challenges they've faced outside the office—and what it taug

Briefings: What's Your Number?

Company leaders are trying to figure out where AI is partially or completely automating certain roles. Two experts discuss how so-called "AI Impact Scores" are redefining

Briefings: The Age of High Performance

Frantic about AI and global events, smart companies are shifting focus to one kind of worker: those with critical talents. A top hiring expert shares how leaders today ar

Briefings: Leadership: Diggins Digs Deep

We sit down with Team USA Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins to discuss the leadership challenges she overcame on her path to becoming the most decorated U.S. cross-cou

Briefings: The New AI Pay 'Experts'

Workers are sending three million messages a day to ChatGPT about compensation—putting managers in the negotiation hot seat. A top pay expert explains how to handle it.

Briefings: The Great Manager Mishaps

What is dark empathy? And is your manager guilty of it? We went beyond toxic leadership tropes to uncover a key set of little-known lapses in management.

Briefings: The 90-Day Break up

Despite a brutal job market, a small but surprising number of people are leaving their jobs after only a few months. We speak to one of these job jumpers to find out why.

Briefings: Hiring: The Great Mismatch

The new roles are there for the taking. But firms aren't hiring because the skills aren't there. We explore solving one of the greatest talent imbalances in a generation.

Briefings: CEO Speaks, People Listen

A new Korn Ferry study finds CEO earnings call speeches can lead to either 12% higher stock growth or 15% declines. We sit down with the study's author to find out what m

Briefings: Is the Robot Revolution Here

Robots might be poised for their own ChatGPT moment. But will leaders be ready? The inventor of collaborative robots shares his take.

Briefings: The Sprint to the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Olympic & Paralympic Games are one of the world's largest events--and they're built from scratch every four years. We sit down with LA28 Chief People Officer to learn

Briefings: Stop the Fake Compliments

Are managers praising even poor performance just to avoid conflict? Experts discuss a hidden trait that can damage careers and business.

Briefings: Always the Hire, Never the Fire

We all know the type, and it's easy to be jealous. People who just always have or find a job, even in today's brutal market. How do they do it? We talk to one of them. 

Briefings: 2026: Beat the Odds!

It's been tough for companies and individual workers to grow revenues or careers lately. A panel of experts discuss strategies for leaders and career climbers in 2026 to

Briefings: The 3:30 AM Club

Fifteen percent of the population does their best work in the wee hours. Can the corporate world find a way to adjust to their schedule? Two experts discuss.

Briefings: The Mind Meld: AI & Humans

AI has some leaders openly pronouncing layoffs or hiring freezes, but new data suggests that's the wrong approach. Two experts discuss how melding human and machine capab

Briefings: AI: The Recruiter's New Best Friend?

Despite companies investing over a hundred billion in AI recruitment this year, seven in 10 firms are still reporting difficulties in hiring for roles. Three experts disc

Briefings: Pay Transparently or Pay Later

Despite a plethora of pay transparency laws, over two in three companies are still stalling. Two experts discuss why compliance could actually boost both trust and the bo

Briefings: Ghosted…Again!

Professional ghosting started with firms ghosting candidates and candidates ghosting firms. But has it spread to colleagues doing the same to each other? Two experts expl