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Jan 15, 2025 | 
kornferry.com | Mark Royal |David Vied |Maria amato |Tom McMullen |Seth M. Steinberg
Habits are the fuel of success. Whether it’s grabbing a cup of coffee before settling into a big project, decamping to the couch for deep thinking, or jogging at midday to spur fresh thoughts, these often-ignored behaviors set the stage for high performance, experts say. But these small habits may be forgotten in favor of the goal-oriented plan of just doing the task.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Maria amato |Guangrong Dai |Dennis Deans |Brittney Molitor
Work lunches, unless they’re extravagant affairs covered by an expense account, aren’t usually known for their great cuisine. They exist mostly so that workers can take a few minutes to restore some energy for the remainder of the day. But it turns out that work lunches might no longer even meet that modest objective. Nearly half—49%—of full-time employees say they skip lunch at least once a week, according to a survey by ezCater, a corporate-catering firm.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Maria amato |Paul Fogel |Deepali Vyas
Worried that another surge in AI capabilities will spell the end of your career track? It’s a legitimate concern. Sixty-one percent of firms are planning to automate roles previously performed by humans in the next year, according to the CFO Survey by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Experts advise reframing the situation by turning the technology to your benefit when you can.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Tom McMullen |David Vied |Maria amato
The top employee was only given a small raise for a great year. But at least, his manager thought, she’d be happy with the boost in the firm’s benefits. If only she knew what they were. It turns out that despite strong efforts by HR department to broadcast benefit increases, just 29% of executives fully comprehend them, according to the 2024 US Executive Compensation and Benefits Trend Report by NFP, a property broker.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Maria amato |Dan Kaplan |David Vied |Dennis Carey
It’s made more than a few headlines—companies pushing out a CEO, but replacing them with an outside executive instead of the more usual insider. Now they have a new issue: What do they do with the snubbed executive who’s still on the firm’s payroll? Historically, the problem has been self-resolving, with one Harvard study of successions from 2005 to 2015 finding that 74% of passed-over candidates left their firm. But today, more of these would-be CEOs are staying on, creating an awkward détente.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Maria amato |Jonathan Wildman
Plenty of evidence indicates that employers today are leerier of overhiring than they were a year ago. But new data suggests that organizations might be even more fearful when it comes to cutting staff. So far this year, an average of 1.6 million workers have been laid off per month, according to government data released last week. Compare that with the 1.9 million per month laid off in 2019, which many experts thought was a very good year for both job seekers and employees.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Mark Royal |Maria amato
You see it on corporate campuses everywhere: Two coworkers are at war for resources or talent or assignments—or all three. And they’re likely in a head-to-head competition for the big job. Today, these work rivalries are a norm in corporate America, where 62% of employees admit to having a work nemesis, according to a 7,000-employee survey by employment site Totaljobs.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Doriana Landi |Silvia Bartolomeo |Francesca Bovis |Maria amato
Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. Data availability statementThe data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. References1. Confavreux C, Hutchinson M, Hours MM, et al. Rate of pregnancy-related relapse in multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med 1998; 339: 285–291. 2. Vukusic S, Hutchinson M, Hours M, et al.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Mark Royal |Val Olson |Maria amato
Envy. Sadness. Occasionally, relief. When a colleague leaves, there’s a host of emotions coworkers could experience. But these days, there’s a good chance those remaining will experience one thing: extra work. A coworker might leave, but the deals they were negotiating, the spreadsheets they were compiling, and their other tasks don’t just fade away. And these days, organizations are increasingly relying on the colleagues who remain to pick up the slack.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
kornferry.com | Maria amato |Dennis Deans |Paul Fogel |Ronald Porter
The factors in people’s decisions to come into the office can be endless, whether it’s length of commute, family-care issues, or the need to attend in-person meetings, among many others. Recently, a new type of seemingly unrelated crime has become an issue. Thanks to a new crime wave known as “porch piracy,” some 44 million Americans have had a package stolen in the last three months, according to data from Security.org—in all, a total of $8 billion annually in lost goods.
