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Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor, and best-selling author known for her work on leadership and talent development. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm, and has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top management thinkers in the world.
Known for: Multipliers, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
Books by Liz Wiseman
Multipliers
Multipliers explores how leaders can amplify the intelligence and capabilities of the people around them. Liz Wiseman identifies two types of leaders: 'Multipliers', who inspire and empower others to ...
Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
In this leadership and management book, Liz Wiseman explores what differentiates high-impact professionals from their peers. Drawing on research with 170 top contributors across various industries, sh...
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Distinguishing the Two Types of Leaders
Early in our research, we noticed that some leaders walked into a room and seemed to make everyone else smarter—ideas flowed, confidence grew, and energy rose. Others, equally intelligent, seemed to have the opposite effect. The air tightened, people hesitated, and the collective IQ seemed to drop. ...
From Multipliers
The Five Disciplines of the Multiplier
While each Multiplier is unique in personality, I found consistent patterns in how they think and lead. These form the five disciplines of Multipliers: The Talent Magnet, The Liberator, The Challenger, The Debate Maker, and The Investor. These are not techniques but mindsets, each grounded in a prof...
From Multipliers
Practice 1 – Do the Job That’s Needed
The first defining behavior of Impact Players is a simple yet powerful shift: they focus on what needs to be done, not merely what’s been assigned. This mindset manifests most clearly when the path ahead is ambiguous. Many talented professionals prefer certainty; they like clear boundaries, clear de...
From Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
Practice 2 – Step Up, Step Back
Impact Players know when to lead and when to follow. The world of work is increasingly fluid—titles and hierarchies matter less than contribution and context. Yet many professionals become stuck in fixed roles: they either overstep, dominating conversations and decisions, or under-contribute, waitin...
From Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
About Liz Wiseman
Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor, and best-selling author known for her work on leadership and talent development. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm, and has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top management thinkers in the world.
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