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Listening and Trust

October 30, 2024

Episode 147: Listening—An Essential Tool for Building Trust

Details In a time with constant communication and information overload, the ability to truly listen stands out as a cornerstone for building trust within

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October 23, 2024

Episode 146: Quality And Quantity Are Not Trade-offs—How Some Leaders Are Choosing Both

Details In today’s episode, we dive into a fascinating topic that many leaders grapple with—quality versus quantity. Are they truly competing objectives, or can

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October 22, 2024

The Power of Leadership Listening: A Leader’s Secret Weapon for Building Trust

Last Updated: October 2026 What are the advantages of leadership listening? Zenger Folkman’s research, drawing from assessments of over 80,000 leaders, reveals a stark

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A person flipping wooden blocks to transition between the words quality vs quantity in leadership decision-making.

October 21, 2024

Quality vs Quantity in Leadership: Unraveling the Dilemma

Last Updated: October 2026 Leaders often grapple with a seemingly impossible choice when evaluating quality vs quantity in leadership. This age-old debate has sparked

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What's Customer Satisfaction

October 2, 2024

What’s Customer Satisfaction? The Powerful Link Between Leadership, Employee Engagement, and Customer Happiness

In today’s competitive business landscape, organizations are constantly striving to improve customer satisfaction. But what’s customer satisfaction? It’s more than just a happy customer—it’s

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Employee and Customer Satisfaction Chain

October 2, 2024

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

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Feeling Disrespected at Work

September 25, 2024

Feeling Disrespected at Work: What You Can Do for Affected Employees

In any workplace, respect is the cornerstone of a positive and productive environment. When employees feel disrespected at work, it can lead to lower

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leadership and AI

September 24, 2024

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

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How to Give Negative Feedback to Staff

September 20, 2024

How to Give Negative Feedback to Staff: The Assumptions that Make it Hard

What’s it like to be on the delivering end of a tough feedback conversation? It’s hard to decipher how to give negative feedback to

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