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Multipliers
How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
360 pages
An energizing and practical guide to shifting from being the genius in the room to being the genius maker.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting down with a seasoned, deeply observant mentor who gently but firmly holds up a mirror to your leadership habits. The pace is brisk and engaging, moving swiftly between relatable corporate anecdotes and actionable frameworks. It cultivates an energizing, reflective mood, prompting you to look inward at how you might accidentally be draining the energy of those around you. The prose is clear, structured, and free of dense academic jargon, making its profound insights immediately accessible. It is an empowering experience that shifts the emotional weight of leadership from having all the answers to asking the right questions. This is a must-read for managers, founders, and anyone invested in unlocking the latent brilliance in their teams.
- Mood
- energizing
- reflective
- empowering
- forward-looking
- Tone
- pragmatic
- encouraging
- analytical
- optimistic
- authoritative
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- unlocking human potential · leadership vs micromanagement · cultivating self-awareness · building trust · fostering innovation
- The writing
- Clear, structured, and accessible, blending relatable corporate anecdotes with easily digestible frameworks.
- The arc
- Moves from a sobering recognition of accidental diminishing behaviors to an empowering, actionable sense of leadership potential.
- Who it's for
- Managers, executives, and aspiring leaders eager to elevate their teams and foster a culture of collective brilliance.
Content notes
- workplace stress
- toxic management examples
About the book
Do you make those around you smarter?
We’ve all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them and always needs to be the smartest ones in the room. These are the idea killers, the energy sappers, the diminishers of talent and commitment.
On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When these leaders walk into a room, light bulbs go off over people’s heads; ideas flow and problems get solved. These are the leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results that surpass expectations. These are the Multipliers. And the world needs more of them, especially now, when leaders are expected to do more with less.
In this engaging and highly practical book, leadership expert Liz Wiseman explores these two leadership styles, persuasively showing how Multipliers can have a resoundingly positive and profitable effect on organizations – getting more done with fewer resources, developing and attracting talent, and cultivating new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation.
Description from Open Library.
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