The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast

The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 175: 7 Key Leadership Behaviors of the Most Effective Decision Makers
October 08, 2025

Details What separates the best decision-makers from the rest? In this episode, Joe Folkman shares research on nearly 16,000 leaders to reveal seven key qualities that enable effective decision-making

Episode 174: Making Development Popular with Deseret Financial Credit Union
September 24, 2025

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we sit down with Kathleen Crenshaw and Christopher Bisgrove from Desert Financial Credit Union to explore how they are rethinking leadership development

Episode 173: The Surprising Way Leadership Behaviors Go Viral at Work
September 17, 2025

Details What if great leadership could go viral? In this episode of The 90th Percentile Podcast, Dr. Jack Zenger joins BreAnne Okoren to explore how positive leadership behaviorslike openness, respec

Episode 172: Why Psychological Safety Matters More Than Ever
September 10, 2025

Details Psychological safety is not anewterm anymore, but it has matured into afoundational leadership capability, much like communication or trust no longer a nice to have, but a critical driver

Bonus Episode– Susan David, Emotional Agility
September 03, 2025

Details Dr. Susan David is a founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School and an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard University.In this episode, S

Episode 171: Memorable Leadership—10 Behaviors That Make Leaders Unforgettable
August 20, 2025

Details In todays episode, were unpacking the results of a massive leadership study over 63,000 assessments to answer one key question: What makes certain leaders truly unforgettable? Well expl

Episode 170: AI, Speed, and the Future of Thoughtful Work
July 30, 2025

Details In todays episode of The 90th Percentile, we challenge one of the most persistent myths in modern work: that you must choose between speed and excellence. As AI accelerates productivity at li

Episode 169: 10 Leadership Behaviors That Set Great Teams Apart
July 16, 2025

Details In todays episode, were unpacking new research from Zenger Folkman that reveals what truly separates high-performing teams from the rest. After analyzing 171 teamsmany of which were struggl

Episode 168: Well-Being Is a Business Strategy—Leadership Lessons from Druva
July 09, 2025

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we explore why wellbeing programs are more than just perksthey are a leadership imperative. Shanna Goodell shares how Druva is shifting the narrative a

Episode 167: Flexible, Focused, and Future-Ready—L&D at Wright Service Corp.
June 25, 2025

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we sit down with Rose Christensen, Senior Learning & Development Leader at Wright Service Corp., to explore what it really takes to grow leaders across