Biography

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, Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact.

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 in 2019 was recognized as a top leadership thinker 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. She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and Stanford University and is a former executive at Oracle Corporation, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development.

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How to Deal with Diminishers

Global Leadership Summit 2013, Liz Wiseman

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Are You a Genius or a Genius Maker?

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 and get more from other people. These are the Multipliers. And the world needs more of them, especially now when leaders are expected to do more with less.


In this highly engaging talk, Liz Wiseman will share the research behind Multipliers and illustrate the resoundingly positive and profitable effect these Multipliers have on organizations—how they get more done with fewer resources, develop and attract talent and cultivate new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation. She’ll introduce the five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers and provide practice tips for leading like a Multiplier.


What could your organization accomplish with access to all the intelligence that sits inside it?

Rookie Smarts

In this highly engaging session, Liz Wiseman will share her research findings and offer a framework for how individuals and companies can think and act with Rookie Smarts—stepping out of their comfort zone and working at their best in the learning zone. She combines vivid illustrations, personal reflection and practical tools to help leaders keep themselves and their entire team fresh, relevant and performing at the top of their game.

Testimonials

Liz’s approach of combining leadership training with cross-functional problem solving is winning the battle for minds and culture, which is the hardest thing to do in businesses today.
– Ray Lane, General Partner of KPCB, Former President of Oracle Corp.
You have no idea how great that talk was. I’ve never been in a Tech Talk here where there wasn’t a room full of open laptops. Not Obama’s CIO, not the Executive Producer of House or Adam Savage from Myth Busters. Not even Will.i.am. Liz is a powerhouse!
– Janet Van Huysse, Former Vice President of HR, Twitter

Booksby Liz Wiseman

Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools

Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work

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