90th Percentile Leadership: Insights. Backed by Data.

We found that while women generally outperform their male counterparts on most leadership competencies, they are not perceived by their managers, peers, and subordinates as being as adept at ​strategic thinking​ as their male counterparts. This gap between women and men in perceived strategic thinking skills begins early, but by age 50, the difference vanishes. In this episode, we are unraveling the research around this curious case.

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Zenger Folkman hosts an exclusive live webinar every month, where you can meet Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman, and join in a conversation about their latest research in leadership development. Find out more information and register here.

The Extremely Curious Case of Women’s Strategic Thinking– Article by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

Study of How Men and Women are Treated Differently at Work– Harvard Business Review

Research: Women are Better Leaders During a Crisis- HBR article by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

Learn about Zenger Folkman’s Microlearning Session in Strategic Thinking

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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 high-potential (HIPO) programs. In this episode, we discuss how some of these chosen elites don’t belong there and how to spot the truly high potentials in your organization.

Register for the webinar– Succession Planning: Drop the HI-PO Hopes and Build a Solid Pipeline.

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Companies Are Bad at Selecting High Potential Employees– Harvard Business Review article by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

How Extraordinary Leaders Double Profits– Leadership Study by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

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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 manager but it’s also lost the best individual contributor. And the failure can be personally costly for the new manager, causing them to doubt their skills, smarts, and future career path. Everyone loses. In this episode, we will explore why the most productive people don’t always make the best managers.

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Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers– Article by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

7 Traits of Super-Productive People-Article by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

Developing Strengths or Weaknesses– WHITEPAPER  Compelling evidence supports the idea that leaders who focus on their strengths have greater success in their development plans. Thought leader Jack Zenger illustrates why building strengths is the key to a strong development plan.

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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 super productive heroes of the workplace.

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Zenger Folkman hosts an exclusive live webinar every month, where you can meet Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman, and join in a conversation about their latest research in leadership development. Find out more information and register here.

7 Traits of Super-Productive People-Article by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman

Developing Strengths or Weaknesses– Leadership Study:  Compelling evidence supports the idea that leaders who focus on their strengths have greater success in their development plans. Thought leader Jack Zenger illustrates why building strengths is the key to a strong development plan.

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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 unnecessary risks from thefts and leaks in the process, and inflating turnover costs. In this episode, we challenge you to ask yourself if you are creating these disgruntled employees.

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Zenger Folkman hosts an exclusive live webinar every month, where you can meet Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman, and join in a conversation about their latest research in leadership development. Find out more information and register here.

Additional Resources:

Are You Creating Disgruntled Employees? – Harvard Business Review article by Joe Folkman

Trager’s CEO on Cleaning Up a Toxic Culture– Harvard Business Review Article by Jeremy Andrus

Measuring Engagement Does Not Improve it– Article by Joe Folkman

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