Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter - Hardcover

Wiseman, Liz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062663070 ISBN 13: 9780062663078

Publisher: HarperBusiness, 2017

Synopsis

A revised and updated edition of the acclaimed Wall Street Journal bestseller that explores why some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams while others amplify it to produce better results.

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 person 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.

In analyzing data from more than 150 leaders, Wiseman has identified five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers. These five disciplines are not based on innate talent; indeed, they are skills and practices that everyone can learn to use—even lifelong and recalcitrant Diminishers. Lively, real-world case studies and practical tips and techniques bring to life each of these principles, showing you how to become a Multiplier too, whether you are a new or an experienced manager. This revered classic has been updated with new examples of Multipliers, as well as two new chapters one on accidental Diminishers, and one on how to deal with Diminishers.

Just imagine what you could accomplish if you could harness all the energy and intelligence around you. Multipliers will show you how.

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Review:

As Lincoln famously put the question: How do leaders bring out the better angels of our nature? Multiplers gets closer to answering this fundamental leadership question than anything I ve read in years. ----Warren Bennis, Distinguished and University Professor at the University of Southern California and author of Still Surprised: A Memoir of of a Life in Leadership."

This book will speak to every CEO and CFO. Multipliers get so much from their people that they effectively double their workforce for free. ----John Doerr, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers"

Every so often a book comes along that forces us to ask important and difficult questions of ourselves. Multipliers is such a book. Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown challenge us to imagine a dramatically more productive future for our organizations ----Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO"

In over 30 years of evaluating executives it was clear to me that some achieved much more than others, but it wasn t always clear why. Wiseman and McKeown present a fresh and compelling analysis of how Multipliers create value while others destroy it. ----Tom Friel, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Heidrick & Struggles"

We ve all known Multipliers people who bring the best, not the worst, out of everyone around them. They re a company s greatest resource. If you want to learn how to become a Multiplier or transform others into genuine Multipliers, read on. ----Kerry Patterson, bestselling author, Crucial Conversations"

A fascinating book that shows how mindsets shape the way people lead. This book will forever change the way we think about leadership. ----Carol Dweck, Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stanford University; author of Mindset"

Wiseman and McKeown s insights are helpful, practical, and relevant. Any leader who needs to get more done with the same (or fewer) resources will find this book a gift and a valuable resource. ----Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan"

As managers around the world grapple with a complex economic environment, this book provides a rich roadmap for extracting the full value of the people in their organizations. This book is a great investment for anyone managing a business in the innovation marketplace. ----Jeff Henley, chairman of the board, Oracle Corporation"

Multipliers is a compelling read. A must have manual for any in a leadership position or aspiring to become a leader. It s obvious Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown did their homework and those of us who read Multipliers are all the better for it. ----Byron Pitts, 60 Minutes"

This engaging and subversive book asks a vital question: How can we grow and harness human talent to address the great issues of our day? Multipliers makes us rethink many of our old assumptions. ----Gareth Jones, visiting professor, IE Madrid; coauthor, Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?"

About the Author:

Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor, and speaker who teaches leaders around the world. She is a former executive and the author of the bestselling books Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter and The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named as one of the top ten leadership thinkers in the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperBusiness
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062663070
• ISBN 13: 9780062663078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368