Episode 185: Are You Overestimating Your Effectiveness? (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)

About this episode

The episode discusses why capable individuals often overestimate their effectiveness and the hidden behaviors that can harm their professional relationships and growth.

Episode Description Why do so many capable people overestimate their effectiveness at work? And what are the hidden behaviors quietly damaging trust, credibility, communication, and career growth? In this episode of The 90th Percentile, BreAnne Okoren sits down with Joe Folkman to explore new research from Zenger Folkman on the surprising gap between how individual … Continued

People in this episode

Host: BreAnne Okoren

Guest: Joe Folkman

Topics covered

• effectiveness
• trust
• credibility
• communication
• career growth
• leadership

Keywords

• effectiveness
• trust
• credibility
• communication
• career growth
• leadership
• Zenger Folkman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zenger Folkman

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