Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

'Multipliers' is a book that looks at the leadership role in a newly articulated way. A "multiplier" is the type of person and leader that makes people around them better performers. On the other hand, you have "diminishes" whom may be very intelligent and qualified, plus diligent, but they diminish the capabilities of those they work with. The landscape of leadership has changed according to the author. A great leader is no longer the genius at the top, but rather those around them that they raise to genius level acuity and propel to work their best. I think there's truth to this, and as I grow my companies I'm working on I will take that approach to heart. Intuitively, it resonates with me as I do not feel that my personal will and intelligence are good enough to thrust a great organization forward, but rather I have to inspire those I will work with in the future. A good example is my favorite current NBA basketball player, Lebron James. What makes Lebron great is not only his individual skill and talent, but also his ability to raise the level of performance of his teammates and his organization. He doesn't inspire by fear and he doesn't scold and scare other players into performing better, but rather he inspires by his own efforts and confidence in his teammates.All of that being said, I give this book a 3-star rating because as it was an interesting read, with many interesting case studies, it dragged on much too long and got too deeply involved with vague examples of the author's workings with many companies. While I believe in the multiplier effect, I don't know if every example in the book was pertinent. I believe it may have just been too long of a book. It's filled with lists, jargon, steps, etc. I read from cover to back, but on this one, you may reconsider that. I had to skip a few pages that I had not had the patience for. I still read around 95%+ of the book, so no worries, I didn't skim! But I certainly could have and gotten the point that way. Although I've rated it 3-stars, it certainly isn't a bad book and I have many highlights in it that I will surely refer to in the future when running my own organization.

Great book and framework to be a better leader. Must read for all levels.

As others have said, it's not necessarily a great book to read -- it's not exciting, it's repetitive, and it could be a whole lot shorter. However, it IS very impactful and full of some great info that I've been able to start implementing IMMEDIATELY. This is the first book in a while that I pulled out a highlighter for and actually marked it up. There are a lot of things in it that I want to revisit.Ultimately, the book helps shine a light at your management style and most people reading it will likely realize that they're being an accidental diminisher in certain aspects of their work. This book helps identify those areas and offers ways to improve on them.

Easy to follow concepts. Easy to read.

I liked how this book outlined the Multipliers vs. Diminishers. There were good examples, exercises to try, and encouragement to get others involved. I plan to use the suggestions with my team, peers, and leadership.

I really enjoyed this book and the ideas behind being a multiplier and an accidental diminisher. It challenges the reader to see how they may be accidentally hurting their team in spite of their intentions. My one negative is the book split on me(see above) in spite of my taking good care of it.

We’ve all heard—and said—that less is more. Sometimes it’s true. But in most cases it’s still the reality that more is more, and is usually the preferred ROI of resources, whether those resources are of time, money, manpower, brain-trust, whatever. Best of all is getting more from less, and that is what Liz Wiseman’s fine book teaches us to do. Using a wide-range of varying case studies and examples from the world over, Wiseman itemizes the symptoms of a variety of leadership illnesses that sicken a corporate culture and disable its employees. You may well find yourself hiding in these pages somewhere; I know I did. Fortunately, after helping us see where we are minimizing rather than maximizing the human resources at our disposal, Wiseman clearly articulates the prescription(s) to fix the problem(s). It has the added advantage of being an engaging, thoughtful and well-written treatment.

Multipliers was the subject of a series of discussions with a group of leaders in the company where I worked. Over 9 months, we held video/phone conference discussions, alternating discussion leaders with each chapter. The material was timely both because of the continual need in business to do more with the resources we have, and because throughout the time we read the book, we were faced with specific challenges in our business that we used learnings from the book to meet, resolve and conquer. Multipliers was approachable because we could find useful material to apply even after reading only one chapter. Finally, Multipliers was meaningful because many of the example scenarios strongly resonated with us, and we could easily see how to take a Multipliers approach to the situations we encountered in our work.

I loved this book. I learned too many things that I did not consider before. I totally recommend it for everyone. If you would like to be a great leader, then read the book!

Very useful book, one of the best I read the last year

rapido y sin esperar

Was a Christmas gift for my husband. He is half way through the book already and he only got it three days ago. He is thrilled with it.

Adorei a qualidade do livro, porém, fiquei frustrado porque a capa amarela é apenas uma folha que envolve a capa dura que se resume a uma capa azul. Contudo, a qualidade do material é excelente e valeu cada centavo.