Episode 189: Your Good Leaders Are the Hidden Problem
Using over 1.5 million assessments from leaders across the world, renowned psychometrician Joe Folkman and leadership legend Jack Zenger are...
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The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast
Using over 1.5 million assessments from leaders across the world, renowned psychometrician Joe Folkman and leadership legend Jack Zenger are here to settle the debates and let the data speak...
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20 of 205 episodesEpisode 188: Remembering Jack Zenger—The Leader Behind the Research
Using over 1.5 million assessments from leaders across the world, renowned psychometrician Joe Folkman and leadership legend Jack Zenger are...
Episode 187: The Future of Employee Development
The Future of Employee Development For decades, employee development has largely been reserved for leaders and high-potential talent. But as...
Episode 186: Filling the Missing Gap in Early Career Development: Extraordinary You
Episode Description Why do so many capable professionals overestimate their effectiveness at work? And what are the hidden behaviors quietly...
Episode 185: Are You Overestimating Your Effectiveness? (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)
Episode Description Why do so many capable people overestimate their effectiveness at work? And what are the hidden behaviors quietly damagi...
Episode 184: Coaching is Connection First— Why Presence Outperforms Advice
Episode Description In this episode of The 90th Percentile Podcast, BreAnne Okoren and Jack Zenger sit down with leadership expert Michelle...
Episode 183: The Gossip Trap— One Leadership Habit That Quietly Destroys Trust
Episode Description Gossip may seem like a minor workplace habit, but the research tells a very different story. In this episode of The 90th...
Episode 182: Does Leadership Development Actually Pay Off? The ROI Leaders Can’t Ignore
Episode Description In a time of tighter budgets and higher scrutiny, leadership development is often one of the first investments leaders f...
Episode 181: Highlights from The Leadership Skills Report 2026
Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, BreAnne Okoren and Joe Folkman unpack Zenger Folkman’s new Leadership Skills 2026 Report?and...
Episode 180: The Generational Trust Myth—Why Behavior Beats Age Every Time
Details Trust in leadership is often framed as a generational issue—older leaders are assumed to be more credible because of experience, whi...
Episode 179: Strategic Expertise vs. Emotional Intelligence—Which Drives Leadership Success?
Details Emotional intelligence has dominated leadership conversations for years—and for good reason. Leaders who listen, empathize, and buil...
Episode 178: The Hidden Truth About Gender and Leadership Ratings
Details Are workplace evaluations truly objective—or do subtle perceptions still shape how we see male and female leaders differently? In th...
Episode 177: Why Strengths-Based Development Outperforms Traditional Methods
Details Consider this episode your Strengths-Based Leadership 101. BreAnne and Joe revisit the foundation of Zenger Folkman’s entire leaders...
Episode 176: Jotun Case Study in Extraordinary Leadership
Details In this special episode of The 90th Percentile, we unpack how Jotun—the Norway-based, family-owned paints and coatings company opera...
Episode 175: 7 Key Leadership Behaviors of the Most Effective Decision Makers
Details What separates the best decision-makers from the rest? In this episode, Joe Folkman shares research on nearly 16,000 leaders to reve...
Episode 174: Making Development Popular with Desert Financial Credit Union
Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, we sit down with Kathleen Crenshaw and Christopher Bisgrove from Desert Financial Credit Uni...
Episode 173: The Surprising Way Leadership Behaviors Go Viral at Work
Details What if great leadership could go viral? In this episode of The 90th Percentile Podcast, Dr. Jack Zenger joins BreAnne Okoren to exp...
Episode 172: Why Psychological Safety Matters More Than Ever
Details Psychological safety is not a new term anymore, but it has matured into a foundational leadership capability, much like communicatio...
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 Instru...
Episode 171: Memorable Leadership—10 Behaviors That Make Leaders Unforgettable
Details In today’s episode, we’re unpacking the results of a massive leadership study — over 63,000 assessments — to answer one key question...