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Multipliers

Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown

358 Pages
2010

Multipliers

How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

Harper Collins

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"Multipliers" by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown is a transformative guide for leaders who aspire to maximize the potential of their teams. The book contrasts two types of leaders: Diminishers, who stifle creativity and productivity, and Multipliers, who amplify the intelligence and capabilities of those around them. Through engaging case studies and practical advice, the authors demonstrate how adopting the Multiplier mindset can lead to remarkable organizational success. This book is essential for anyone looking to foster a more innovative, collaborative, and high-performing work environment.

Key Ideas

1

The Multiplier Effect

Multipliers are leaders who bring out the best in their teams by encouraging creativity, fostering a collaborative environment, and empowering individuals to take ownership of their work. This approach not only boosts productivity but also enhances job satisfaction and employee engagement.

2

Five Disciplines of Multipliers

The book identifies five key practices that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers: Attracting and optimizing talent, creating a safe space for innovation, challenging people to stretch their capabilities, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and making sound decisions that leverage the collective intelligence of the team.

3

Transforming Diminishers into Multipliers

One of the most compelling aspects of "Multipliers" is its practical guidance on how even lifelong Diminishers can adopt Multiplier behaviors. By focusing on specific, actionable strategies, leaders can shift their mindset and practices to create a more dynamic and effective organization.

FAQ's

A Multiplier is a leader who amplifies the intelligence and capabilities of their team, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment. In contrast, a Diminisher stifles creativity and productivity, often leading to a less engaged and less effective team.

"Multipliers" provides practical strategies for leaders to adopt Multiplier behaviors, such as creating a safe space for innovation, challenging team members to stretch their capabilities, and fostering a culture of continuous learning. By focusing on these actionable steps, leaders can shift their mindset and practices to become more effective.

"Multipliers" is essential for leaders because it offers transformative insights and practical advice on how to maximize the potential of their teams. By adopting the Multiplier mindset, leaders can create a more dynamic, innovative, and high-performing work environment, leading to remarkable organizational success.

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Multipliers maximize team potential by nurturing growth; diminishers restrict by micromanaging and limiting creativity.
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Multipliers are leaders who look beyond their own genius and focus their energy on extracting and extending the genius of others. They get more from people by accessing and growing people's intelligence and capability. In contrast, Diminishers drain intelligence and capability out of people and organizations. They focus on their own intelligence and resolve, believing they are the smartest person in the room.

Multipliers operate with a growth mindset, assuming people are smart and will figure things out. They see intelligence as continually developing, and believe their job is to bring the right people together and create an environment that liberates people's best thinking. Diminishers have a fixed mindset, assuming intelligence is scarce and static. They think people will never figure things out without them, so they need to keep doing the thinking for everyone.

Multipliers utilize five disciplines that differentiate them from Diminishers:

  1. Attract and optimize talent as Talent Magnets rather than hoard resources and underutilize talent as Empire Builders.

  2. Create intense environments that require people's best thinking as Liberators rather than suppress thinking as Tyrants.

  3. Extend challenges as Challengers rather than give directives as Know-It-Alls.

  4. Drive sound decisions through debate as Debate Makers rather than make abrupt, centralized decisions as Decision Makers.

  5. Instill ownership and accountability as Investors rather than drive results through personal involvement as Micromanagers.

Multipliers get at least twice as much from people as Diminishers by extracting people's full capability. They also extend people's intelligence by stretching them to contribute more than they thought they had to give. Multipliers are hard-edged managers who create genius around them by fully utilizing people's intelligence and capabilities. We can move towards being Multipliers by examining our assumptions and adopting their practices.

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