When good bosses go bad

“We judge others by their doings, but ourselves by our intentions.”
Edward Wigglesworth, quoted in Multipliers

As Liz Wiseman wrote more than 10 years ago in her now classic bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, bad bosses aren’t always tyrannical bullies and know-it-alls:

“While narcissistic leaders grab the headlines, the vast majority of diminishing happening inside our workplaces is done by the Accidental Diminisher – managers with the best of intentions, good people who think they are doing a good job leading.”

A podcast featuring episodes along these same lines recently drew our attention, and reminded us how important it is for bosses everywhere and leaders like yourself to match your good intentions with real action that can inspire, draw out talent, and help you retain your people:

• Check out Fast Company’s The New Way We Work podcast: How to Avoid Inadvertently Being a Bad Boss.
• Another good one: 5 Leadership Lessons from Pop Culture’s Worst Bosses.

If you’d like to take a deeper dive into how leaders everywhere are using a Multipliers learning experience to become better bosses, we’ve got options!

• RSVP now to attend our public session September 23 for training leaders to evaluate the Multipliers simulation for your organization (hurry, seats are limited so this opportunity will not last long!)
• Try our popular and free Multipliers mini learning journey to get up to speed on its concepts, and to discover your own Accidental Diminisher tendencies.
• Reach out to your Advantage partner to learn more or contact us. We LOVE to talk about how Multipliers can help your organization create not just better bosses, but an entire culture of genius-makers.

One great thing for 07.26.22 – Dealing with diminishers: Defenses against the dark arts of diminishing managers and multiplying UP (bringing out the best in your boss) – a webinar replay featuring Liz Wiseman and bonus content from the Multipliers simulation.