As we approach 2025, new challenges and opportunities mean leadership trends continue to evolve in response. The ability to adapt, collaborate, and lead with authenticity is becoming more crucial than ever. Korn Ferry’s Workforce 2024 Global Insights Report examines attitudes affecting employee sentiment and emphasizes the growing need for leaders to be agile learners, inclusive […]

Recently I was sitting across the table from the executive leadership team of a global healthcare services company, and I could tell by their body language that something was off. They’d invited me in to consult on their AI strategy, but they seemed defensive. The Chief Information Officer, a sharp guy who’d clearly done his […]

In recent years, the huge impact that work loneliness has on healthcare costs, absenteeism, and turnover has received widespread attention. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Office and the World Health Organization have exhorted employers to do more to address social disconnection at work, but despite growing awareness and effort, the problem persists. In fact, the 2024 State of […]

Enhancing how a company supports and engages its employees can attract talent, improve retention, spur innovation, and increase customer satisfaction. But managing the employee experience for maximum benefit requires leaders to know what employees are seeing, feeling, and wanting—and then respond judiciously. Driven by a tight labor market, corporate leaders have recently invested enormous amounts of energy […]

Earlier this month, a study reported that a brief instruction in either of two forms of meditation helped quiet negative thoughts in people who were told to think about a fear they had. The results aren’t too surprising since meditation was largely developed to do exactly this, but it’s always good to have more scientific evidence for the […]

Despite the momentous rise in media attention given to care, resilience, and well-being since the pandemic began, many leaders struggle to implement self-care practices. We know — from research, experience, and anecdotal evidence — that we need to care for ourselves for optimal functioning and to become healthier and more efficient leaders, but putting this into practice is another story. Recently, I […]

Despite their best efforts, most companies continue to squander what may be their greatest asset in today’s knowledge economy: the wealth of expertise, ideas, and latent insights that lies scattered across or deeply embedded in their organizations. And that’s a shame, because capitalizing on those intellectual resources—using existing knowledge to improve performance or combining strands […]

In one of my recent LinkedIn discussions about business strategy, a commenter lamented: “Unfortunately, many of the strategic plans we see are no more than a mish-mash collage of ‘individual level’ rush-to-do’s, often missing out on an ‘organization-level’ cohesive and thought-through design intent.” My correspondent had tagged an important challenge for all companies: where does strategy making end […]

Conventional wisdom holds that leadership can be developed through extensive study and training. Many organizations invest a tremendous amount of time and money in programs that teach executives how to influence, inspire, and coach others; build trust; have crucial conversations; give feedback; change people’s behavior; and more. Many aspiring leaders comb through books, attend seminars, and seek […]

Imagine you’re playing a video game where you must overcome challenges and unlock rewards in order to move up to the next level. Climbing the corporate ladder at work is similar, but instead of battling dragons or building cities, you’re navigating office politics and aiming to deliver on goals. You’re also not going at it […]