The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast

The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast


Latest Episodes

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

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