The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast

Details The pandemic rapidly accelerated many companies’ digital efforts, but did you possess the digital expertise necessary to function in a completely new work environment? Sure you’ve had a year to work on your zoom skills, but are you running with the rest of your team, or do still feel like you are lagging behind … Continued The post Episode 38: How To Build Digital Expertise first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details A high-potential employee is usually in the top 5% of employees in an organization. These people are thought to be the organization’s most capable, most motivated, and most likely to ascend to positions of responsibility and power. To help these employees prepare for leadership roles in a thoughtful, efficient manner, companies often institute formal … Continued The post Episode 37: Companies Are Bad At Identifying High Potential Employees first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details When a company needs a supervisor for a team, senior leaders often anoint the team’s most productive performer. Some of these stars succeed in their new role as manager; many others do not. And when they fail, they tend to leave the organization, costing the company double: Not only has the team lost its new … Continued The post Episode 36: Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Is there someone on your team who seems unusually productive? Someone who gets a huge amount done — without working longer hours? How do they do it? That’s what their coworkers usually wonder. We wanted to know too. In this episode, we share the results from a study with 7,000 employees showing which skills define these … Continued The post Episode 35: 7 Traits of Super Productive People first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Is there someone on your team who seems unusually productive? Someone who gets a huge amount done — without working longer hours? How do they do it? That’s what their coworkers usually wonder. We wanted to know too. In this episode, we share the results from a study with 7,000 showing which skills define these super … Continued The post Episode 35: 7 Traits of Super-Productive People first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details You can’t make every worker happy, surely, and should a business even try? Evidence from our recent research suggests, actually, that the answer is yes. Or rather, our evidence shows that managers are giving up far too soon on their disgruntled employees, making them less productive than they could be, exposing their companies to … Continued The post Episode 34: Are You Creating Disgruntled Employees? first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Chip Conley, the author of Emotional Equations and former Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy at Airbnb, joins Dr. Jack Zenger and Dr. Joe Folkman in this edition of the Zenger Folkman podcast series to discuss the role of an elder in offering advice and direction to a younger generation. He draws from personal experiences … Continued The post Bonus Episode: Our Roles in Modern Business, with Chip Conley first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Expecting to change the culture of any size organization is quite realistic. It starts with strong and sustained leadership rippling out from the senior leadership team. After all taking responsibility is the highest mark of great leaders. In this episode, we are diving into the struggles of developing a company culture with the founder of The … Continued The post Episode 33: 5 Steps to Shift Your Company Culture first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Do you ever feel pressure and urgency to generate fresh, new ideas or make time to be innovative? Our economy is driven by innovation– new products, new ways to deliver, and new methods to serve. All of these require creativity.  A 2015 study on Global Innovation reported that U.S. companies spend $145 billion dollars on … Continued The post Episode 32: Innovation– The Forgotten Leadership Competency first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details: Coaching conversations are worth planning. They take up valuable time for both parties, so that time should be put to its most efficient use. A good coaching conversation can improve relationships, performance, motivation, and results. In this episode, we discuss a proven framework for coaching conversations to guide leaders effectively through the process. Guest … Continued The post Episode 30: FUEL– A Proven Framework For Coaching first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.