Tips from Santa

on being a Multiplier

“I think you’ll find as you bring out the best in others, you also bring out the best in yourself.”
Liz Wiseman

One of our most favorite talent development strategies of all time is based on Liz Wiseman’s groundbreaking bestseller, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, which is also the foundation for our popular business simulation and virtual workshop.

In her book, Wiseman set out to discover why some leaders are able to draw out the best talents of people around them while others have the opposite effect, not only not inspiring their people’s best work but often unintentionally draining their contributions.

Her research revealed traits that genius makers have in common as well as habits that get in their way. From those she created Accidental Diminisher personas named for behaviors common to those who tend to quash the talent around them.

In the holiday spirit, here are some traits of both types of leaders reimagined for the Christmas season as Tips from Santa on being a Multiplier. (How do you think he inspires the elves to make all those toys?) 

One Great Thing: As we’re wrapping up our 2020 webinar series, we’d like to revisit one of our most popular sessions in which Liz Wiseman and Shawn Vanderhoven shared Multiplier practices for leading in uncertain times. Get all the takeaways here!