The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast

The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast


Latest Episodes

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

Episode 166: Can AI Be Your Coach? The Promise and Peril of AI in Leadership Development
June 18, 2025

Details With pressure mounting on managers to coach more often and more effectively, can AI offer real helpor does it risk making coaching feel robotic? In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we tal

Episode 165: Stop Training Leaders Alone—The Case for Team Development
June 10, 2025

Details What if the biggest barrier to performance isnt an individual leaderbut the team itself? In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we speak with Paul Leboffe, longtime facilitator of Zenger Fo

Episode 164: Control vs. Influence—What Today’s Leader’s Get Wrong
May 21, 2025

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we explore the enduring relevance of a decades-old leadership theory that feels more urgent than ever. Joe Folkman joins us to revisit Control Graph The

Episode 89: Employee Recognition– Improving the Substance and Delivery
May 14, 2025

Details Theres a need to greatly increase the frequency and the quality of the recognition they give to their colleagues. That means recognition for people who report to them, their peers, and, yes,

Episode 163: Staying the Course—Why Core Leadership Skills Still Matter
May 07, 2025

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast, we sit down with Bard Parnell, Senior Manager of Learning and Development at Mesa Labs, to talk about what really

Episode 162: Building Resilient Leaders: Lessons from Core & Main
April 30, 2025

Details In this episode, were diving into resiliencea critical skill for todays leaderswith Evelyn Swanson, Vice President of Learning and Organizational Development at Core & Main. As a leading d

Episode 161: Then and Now—How the Pandemic Boosted Leadership Effectiveness
April 23, 2025

Details When the pandemic hit, many expected a decline in leadership effectiveness due to burnout, isolation, and crisis fatigue. However, surprising research from Zenger Folkman revealed just the opp

Episode 160: Using Neuroscience to Make Feedback Work with David Rock
April 09, 2025

Details Research shows that both giving and receiving feedback triggers stress responses similar to physical threatsbut understanding these brain mechanisms can help us build better feedback cultures

Episode 159: Is One Leadership Style Better Than Others?
March 26, 2025

Details In this episode, well explore four distinct leadership stylesthe Expert, the Connector, the Driver, and the Strategistand reveal surprising findings about which approach yields the best res