Ep 2 - Liz Wiseman: Boost your career impact by becoming a multiplier

Have you ever been around leaders who walk into a room and you can almost see lightbulbs going off over people’s heads while the ideas flow and problems get solved? Liz Wiseman refers to these leaders as multipliers.Then there are some leaders who are also smart, but they have an entirely different effect. They tend to shut down the smarts of others. They are idea killers and energy zappers. Liz refers to these leaders as diminishers.Diminisher leaders issue directives based on what they can see and what they know, while multiplier leaders define opportunities and invite others to stretch toward them. And the saddest part of it all? Research shows that diminisher leaders get less than half the benefit of people’s intelligence, whereas multiplier leaders get all of it.CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Liz has received the top achievement award from Thinkers50 is consistently named one of the world’s leading management thinkers. Her clients include Apple, AT&T, Disney, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and X. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune. Her bestselling books include Multipliers, The Multiplier Effect, Rookie Smarts and Impact Players. Liz is a frequent lecturer at Stanford University and Brigham Young University. * Regardless of where you are in your career, learn to use your “rookie smarts.”* Wearing “opportunity goggles” can help you be an impact player in your workplace.* Although it may seem counterintuitive, you can often be at your best when you know the least.* What habits can you develop to help you avoid letting your knowledge get in the way of your problem solving?* How can you learn to “see around corners” to discover opportunities to solve problems?* Which of your well-intended behaviors could be diluting your contributions at work? Get full access to LeaderSHOP at podcast.leadershop.net/subscribe