The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast

Details Most managers want their employees to be curious and experimental, to take the initiative and develop new products and solutions. But, as it turns out, managers also like to micromanage and control outcomes through safe, predictable processes. As a result, managers end up stifling the very experimentation they want to foster. In this episode, … Continued The post Episode 101: How to Push Your Team to Take Risks first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details We’ve all heard the claims, the theories, and the speculation about the ways leadership styles vary between women and men. There are, of course, many factors that contribute to this absence of a greater abundance of women leaders in senior-level positions. For centuries, there have been broad cultural biases against women, and stereotypes die slowly. In an … Continued The post Episode 23: Are Women Better Leaders Than Men? first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details No one expects ever to be described as an arrogant or complacent boss. Most leaders we know have the assumption that their career will be akin to a musical crescendo. It may start quietly and slowly, but they believe that as they age, more responsibility will come. And because of their years of experience, … Continued The post Episode 100: The Unexpected Bad Habits of Leaders first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

This episode explores the ordinary habits of highly effective coaches and the impact they have on their direct reports' engagement. Highly effective coaches create a positive environment and focus on reinforcing feedback. The episode also discusses the correlation between coaching effectiveness and employee engagement.

Details Executives in every company we work with express concerns about their ability to attract and retain managerial talent. The solutions for most organizations are to either recruit young workers directly from school and invest in their development, pirate leadership talent from competitors, or find it internally. Of these alternatives, we strongly advocate that organizations … Continued The post Episode 98: Discover and Develop Hidden Talent Pools first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details The audiobook version of The Trifecta of Trust: The Proven Formula for Building and Restoring Trust is on sale at AUTHORS DIRECT. The audiobook can also be purchased on AUDIBLE, NOOK, GOOGLE PLAY, KOBO, CHIRP, AUDIOBOOKS.COM, and SCRIBD. If you devote a third of your life to your job, then it is worth focusing … Continued The post Audiobook Chapter 8: Trust and Speed first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Due to the pandemic, the past few years have ushered in the past century’s most significant shifts in working environments.  According to data scientist at Ladders projections, 25% of all professional jobs in North America will be remote by the end of 2022, and remote opportunities will continue to increase through 2023. We have had … Continued The post Episode 97: Remote Work Leadership Report Card first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Download the new eBook, Inspiring in the New Era. A lot has been written about what inspiring leaders DO.  From their moving speeches to their magnetic ability to connect. How could you dismiss their powers of persuasion? We often picture inspiring leaders as fearless and attractive because we see them in the movies defeating all … Continued The post Episode 96: The Unseen Effects of Inspiring Leadership first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Have you ever tried to change anyone’s behavior at work? It can be extremely frustrating. So often the effort produces an opposite result: rupturing the relationship, diminishing job performance, or causing the person to dig in their heels. Still, some approaches clearly work better than others. We reviewed a dataset of 2,852 direct reports of 559 … Continued The post Episode 57: 7 Things Leaders Do To Help People Change first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.

Details Why do managers avoid giving praise? When talking with managers about giving feedback, we often hear comments such as, “I did not sleep the night before,” “I just wanted to get it over quickly,” “My hands were sweating, and I was nervous,” and “They don’t pay me enough to do this job.” Because of … Continued The post Episode 95: Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise? first appeared on ZENGER FOLKMAN.