Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown

Harper Collins, Jun 15, 2010 - Business & Economics - 3 pages

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

A thought-provoking, accessible, and essential exploration of why some leaders (“Diminishers”) drain capability and intelligence from their teams, while others (“Multipliers”) amplify it to produce better results. Including a foreword by Stephen R. Covey, as well the five key disciplines that turn smart leaders into genius makers, Multipliers is a must-read for everyone from first-time managers to world leaders.

Contents

• the talent Magnet: 33
• the Liberator: 65
• the challenger: 97
• the Debate Maker: 133
• the investor: 159
• Becoming a Multiplier: 195
• acknowledgments: 225
• the Multipliers: 245

About the author

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. A former executive at Oracle Corporation, she worked over the course of 17 years as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development. She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and Stanford University. Liz holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management and a Masters of Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University.

Greg McKeown is a partner at The Wiseman Group, where he leads the workshop and assessment practice and teaches around the world. Originally from London, England, Greg holds an MBA from Stanford University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
• Authors: Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2010
• ISBN: 0061999482, 9780061999482
• Length: 3 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Careers / General; Business & Economics / Leadership; Business & Economics / Management