Leadership Development

May 14, 2025

Episode 89: Employee Recognition– Improving the Substance and Delivery

Details There’s a need to greatly increase the frequency and the quality of the recognition they give to their colleagues. That means recognition for

May 7, 2025

Episode 163: Staying the Course—Why Core Leadership Skills Still Matter

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile: An Unconventional Leadership Podcast, we sit down with Bard Parnell, Senior Manager of Learning and Development

April 30, 2025

The Adaptability Advantage: Key Strategies for Future-Ready Leadership

April 30, 2025

Episode 162: Building Resilient Leaders: Lessons from Core & Main

Details In this episode, we’re diving into resilience—a critical skill for today’s leaders—with Evelyn Swanson, Vice President of Learning and Organizational Development at Core

April 23, 2025

Episode 161: Then and Now—How the Pandemic Boosted Leadership Effectiveness

Details When the pandemic hit, many expected a decline in leadership effectiveness due to burnout, isolation, and crisis fatigue. However, surprising research from Zenger

April 22, 2025

Unleashing Discretionary Effort: The Seven Leadership Levers That Drive Exceptional Performance

What motivates employees to go above and beyond their basic job requirements? In today’s competitive business environment, the difference between adequate and exceptional organizational

April 19, 2025

Control and Influence: Why They Matter More Than Ever

In 1983, I wrote a doctoral dissertation comparing Organizational Control Graph Theory with individual control data. This theory, based on Arnold Tannenbaum‘s groundbreaking research

April 9, 2025

Episode 160: Using Neuroscience to Make Feedback Work with David Rock

Details Research shows that both giving and receiving feedback triggers stress responses similar to physical threats—but understanding these brain mechanisms can help us build

March 27, 2025

Leadership’s Silver Lining: How the Pandemic Permanently Elevated Management Effectiveness

When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, organizations worldwide braced for unprecedented disruption. What followed was not just a test

March 26, 2025

Episode 159: Is One Leadership Style Better Than Others?

Details In this episode, we’ll explore four distinct leadership styles—the Expert, the Connector, the Driver, and the Strategist—and reveal surprising findings about which approach

March 26, 2025

Is One Leadership Style Better Than the Others?

From day one, after we created our leadership development firm, we argued that there was no one best leadership style or approach. Instead, we

March 19, 2025

Episode 158: 5 Ways to Build a High-Performance Team

Details Building a high-performance team isn’t just about hiring the right people—it’s about leading them in the right way. In this episode of The