Episode 181: Highlights from The Leadership Skills Report 2026

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BreAnne Okoren and Joe Folkman discuss the key findings of Zenger Folkman’s Leadership Skills 2026 Report and the importance of human leadership in an AI-driven world.

Details In this episode of The 90th Percentile, BreAnne Okoren and Joe Folkman unpack Zenger Folkman’s new Leadership Skills 2026 Report?and explore what truly differentiates leaders in an AI-accelerated world. As AI makes information faster and cheaper, one capability is becoming increasingly scarce: human leadership. Drawing on fresh data from tens of thousands of leaders and direct … Continued

People in this episode

Hosts: BreAnne Okoren, Joe Folkman

Topics covered

• leadership
• AI
• human skills
• data analysis
• differentiation

Keywords

• leadership
• AI
• 2026 report
• human skills
• Zenger Folkman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zenger Folkman

Books & works: Leadership Skills 2026 Report

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