Too many managers avoid giving any kind of feedback, regardless of whether it’s positive or negative. If you work for a boss who doesn’t provide feedback, it’s easy to feel rudderless. In this episode, we will discuss how to improve at work when you’re not getting feedback.

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How to Improve at Work When You’re Not Getting Feedback– Harvard Business Review Article by Jack Zenger & Joe Folkman

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Perhaps you have seen the Where’s Waldo? books. When placed in a crowd or a complex surrounding, Waldo is an odd individual who becomes difficult to find. Often, when a leader fails to be a good role model or sets a bad example, they believe that their actions will be hidden, much like Waldo. In reality, when a leader sets a bad example, they are more like an onstage actor with a spotlight shining directly on them. In this episode, we’re revealing how to spot and eliminate poor role models from your organization.

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How to Spot and Eliminate Poor Role Models from Your Organization–Article by Joe Folkman

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It’s that time of year to make plans and whether you’ve been at your job for many years or are just beginning it always helps to keep in mind some ways that you can impress your boss and progress in your career path. In this episode, we’re sharing our research on five different ways to stand out this year.

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5 Ways to Impress Your Boss in 2021– Forbes Article by Joe Folkman

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Ask 100 people if they have good common sense, and more than 95% will tell you they do. Ask them if they are good coaches, and almost as many will say yes. Executives we talk to assume that if they’re good managers, then being a good coach is like your shadow on a sunny day. It just naturally follows. But what if it doesn’t. In this episode, we are discussing how to find the balance between coaching and managing.

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Finding the Balance Between Coaching and Managing– Harvard Business Review Article by Jack Zenger & Joe Folkman

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Demand for coaching within organizations is exploding. Yet certain barriers seem to be blocking the way for coaching to reach its full potential. In this episode, we will discuss the expanding access to coaching and the best practices every leader and organization should follow.

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Expanding Access to Coaching–  Article by Jack Zenger

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Thanks for tuning into The 90th Percentile Podcast this year.

In the book, Blueprint, the Yale scholar Nikolas Christakis, argues that over time we have developed a set of highly beneficial social features that lead us to love, community, friendships, and cooperation.  He contends that we cannot escape our overall blueprint for goodness.  After reviewing scientific evidence from both the animal and human spheres, he concludes:

“This project of evolutionary sociology reveals that humans everywhere are pre-wired to make a particular kind of society—one full of love, friendship, cooperation, and learning.

We wish you and your family, and your firm, a joyous Holiday and our optimism that 2022 will be an even better year.

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Are you the type of leader who will work hard, assume the risk, and try to save everyone? Are you the type that looks to develop those around you and give them the opportunity to grow? Or are you just getting the job done? What types of leaders do organizations need most? In this episode, we are discussing the benefits and downfalls of different types of leaders.

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Heroes, Zeros, and Guides: Looking at Different Types of Leaders – Forbes Article by Joe Folkman

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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 leaders. The direct reports rated their managers on 49 behaviors and also assessed the leaders on their effectiveness at leading change – specifically, the managers’ ability to influence others to move in the direction the organization wanted to go. In this podcast episode, we discuss seven things you can do to help people change for the better.

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• We found that some behaviors were less helpful in changing others. We found two that had little to no impact, thereby providing useful guidance on what not to do. They were being nice and nagging.

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When CEOs describe what they want most in the people they hire, they consistently talk about honesty and integrity.  Among the leadership competencies that we measure, honesty and integrity have consistently received high scores, putting them at the first or second position in comparison to everything else. In this episode, we’ll unravel the real harm of our seemingly insignificant lies and the advantages we can experience from communicating honestly.

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The Value of Communication and Honesty– Forbes Article by Jack Zenger
Lying for Who We Are– Kevin LEavitt and David M. Sluss

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What value is there in connecting with the outside world? What perspective can we gain from leaving our environment and gaining knowledge from the world around us? It turns out, being stuck inside your tower has a strong influence on some very key leadership skills. In this episode, we will explain the pitfalls of what we call the Rapunzel effect.

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