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Liz Wiseman
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March 14 - July 27, 2020
It isn’t how much you know that matters. What matters is how much access you have to what other people know. It isn’t just how intelligent your team members are; it is how much of that intelligence you can draw out and put to use.
but then praised for their hard work actually increased their ability to reason and to solve problems.
Leaders rooted in the logic of multiplication believe: 1. Most people in organizations are underutilized. 2. All capability can be leveraged with the right kind of leadership. 3. Therefore, intelligence and capability can be multiplied without requiring a bigger investment.
Multipliers don’t necessarily get more with less. They get more by using more—more of people’s intelligence and capability.
Multipliers access intelligence and get so much from people.
The answer, we found, is in the mindset and the five disciplines of the Multiplier.
They both are customer driven.
Both have strong business acumen and market insight.
Both surround themselves with s...
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both consider themselves thou...
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ATTRACT AND OPTIMIZE TALENT.
Multipliers
People flock to work with them
Diminishers operate as Empire Builders, insisting that they must own and control resources to be more productive.
The Diminisher is an Empire Builder. The Multiplier is a Talent Magnet.
CREATE INTENSITY THAT REQUIRES BEST THINKING.
Multipliers
They remove fear and create the safety that invites people to do their best thinking.
Diminishers operate as Tyrants, introducing a fear of judgment that has a chilling effect on people’s thinking and work.
The Diminisher is a Tyrant. The Multiplier is a Liberator.
EXTEND CHALLENGES.
Multipliers operate as Challengers
Diminishers operate as Know-It-Alls, personally giving directives to showcase their knowledge.
The Diminisher is a Know-It-All. The Multiplier is a Challenger.
DEBATE DECISIONS.
Multipliers make decisions in a way that readies the organization to execute those decisions. They operate as Debate Makers
Diminishers operate as Decision Makers
The Diminisher is a Decision Maker. The Multiplier is a Debate Maker.
INSTILL OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Multipliers
high expectations across the o...
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Diminishers serve as Micromanagers
The Diminisher is a Micromanager. The Multiplier is an Investor.
A Hard Edge
They are beyond results-driven managers.
but Multipliers aren’t “feel-good” managers.
They utilize people to their fullest. They see a lot, so ...
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these leaders aren’t about “cupcakes and kisses.”
A Great Sense of Humor
Multipliers have a great sense of humor. On a whim we added “
it is one of the traits that is most negatively correlated with the mindset held by Diminishers.
The Accidental Diminisher
The good news for the Accidental Diminisher is that there is a viable path to becoming a Multiplier.
hiring people smarter than himself, giving them room to contribute, and building a management team that would succeed him without skipping a beat.
You can be a Multiplier.
You can create genius around you and receive a higher contribution from your people.
You can choose to think like a Multiplier and o...
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Our research showed that most of us fall along this spectrum and have the ability to move toward the side of the Multiplier.
that some leaders create genius while others destroy it.
The greatest power of these ideas might be in realizing that you have the mind of a Multiplier but that you’ve been living in a Diminisher world and you’ve lost your way.
