Leaders have the power to access all the intelligence and capability people have to give and they also have the power to diminish talent and energy. This is the focus of Liz Wiseman’s book Multipliers How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.
Wiseman’s research discovered two types of leaders: Multipliers and Accidental Diminishers. Multipliers capitalize on peoples’ intelligence, talent, and insights without asking for a bigger investment by:
- Reducing the impact of diminisher tendencies.
- Asking better questions.
- Looking for genius.
- Creating space for others.
- Offering more significant challenges.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an understanding of your current leadership style.
- Learn skills to increase your multiplying tendencies while decreasing your diminishing tendencies.
- Rekindle energy and enthusiasm as teams achieve more robust results.
- Gain an understanding of your current leadership style.
- Identify ways you both multiply and diminish your direct reports.
- Learn skills to increase your multiplying tendencies while decreasing your diminishing tendencies.
- Access and use the untapped capabilities of your team(s).
- Rekindle energy and enthusiasm as teams achieve more robust results.
- Innovate by encouraging new and bold thinking.
- Breakthrough to new levels of performance by amplifying people’s intelligence.