The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast

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Zenger Folkman Holiday Message 2024
Details This holiday, we encourage you to find stability and joy in the customs that have persisted for generations. Though the world may sometimes feel uncertain, the enduring spirit of the holidays
Episode 151: 3 Ways to Help Employees Love Their Jobs
Details Do the people you manage love their jobs? Or do you sense that some are dissatisfied or disengaged? Its no secret that employees who love their jobs work harder and are willing to go the extr
Episode 150: The Unexpected Strengths of Each Generation of Leaders
Details Picture a modern workplace leadership meeting: A Baby Boomer executive types deliberately on her laptop while referencing printed handouts, a Gen X director efficiently leads the agenda via hi
Episode 149: Building Empathy and Drive at the Same Time
Details In a time where AI disrupts traditional workplace dynamics and remote work reshapes human connections, business leaders face a crucial question: How do we maintain our humanity while driving r
Bonus Episode– Susan David, Emotional Agility
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 148: The Real Key to Employee Engagement—Leadership Over Location
Details Have you noticed a remarkable shift where major companies are mandating return to office policies. Amazon recently joined the ranks of Meta, Google, and others in requiring employees to return
Episode 146: Quality And Quantity Are Not Trade-offs—How Some Leaders Are Choosing Both
Details In todays episode, we dive into a fascinating topic that many leaders grapple withquality versus quantity. Are they truly competing objectives, or can organizations achieve both simultaneous
Episode 145: What You Should Know About Coachability Through Career Decades
Details Today we are looking at coachability and its intriguing role across different career decades. Each stage in our professional liveswhether its the exploration of the 20s, the depth-building o
Episode 144: Connecting The Manager, Employee, and Customer Satisfaction Chain
Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, hosts BreAnne Okoren and Joe Folkman explore the powerful connection between leadership, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction. Drawing on res
Episode 143: Are You Surviving or Thriving With AI?
Details We can all admit that we have felt a little threatened by AI. After all its whole purpose is improve and ultimately replace Human intelligence. And leadership will not be spared by the impact