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Liz Wiseman

Multipliers / Diminishers

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive adviser who runs the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm. Her book 'Multipliers' (2010), co-authored with Greg McKeown, presents data-backed research on how some leaders extract full capability from their teams whilst others inadvertently diminish it. She has advised executives at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank.

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Frameworks

Attributed to Liz Wiseman

Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where Liz is the credited author or speaker.

8frameworks
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Multiplier vs Diminisher
Two types of leaders and their dramatically different impact on team intelligence and capability
Leadership·from Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
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Rookie Smarts Framework
The beginner's mind outperforms the expert's certainty in rapidly changing environments
Mindset·from Living and Working With Child-Like Wonder
03
The Accidental Diminisher
How well-intentioned leaders unknowingly shut down the intelligence around them
Leadership·from Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
04
The Accidental Diminisher Audit
Discover how your best intentions may be shutting down smart people
Leadership·from The Accidental Diminisher | Liz Wiseman
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The Five Disciplines of Multipliers
Five leadership disciplines that extract and multiply the intelligence in organizations
Leadership·from Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
06
The Impact Player Mindset
Make yourself useful on the work that matters most, especially in ambiguity
Leadership·from Liz Wiseman on Impact Players - Two Pages with MBS Podcast
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The Multiplier Effect
How Multipliers extract and extend 2X more capability from their people than Diminishers
Leadership·from Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
08
The Summoned Self
Ask what does life want from me instead of what do I want from life
Self-Mastery·from Two Pages with MBS - Liz Wiseman on Impact Players and Multipliers
Domains

Framework distribution

8frameworks
Leadership6 frameworks · 75%
Mindset1 framework · 12.5%
Self-Mastery1 framework · 0%
Bibliography

Sources by Liz Wiseman

9sources
Book
2010
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Book·8 frameworks extracted
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Impact Players
Book
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Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
Book
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Multipliers
Book
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Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work
Book
Podcast
2021
Liz Wiseman on Impact Players - Two Pages with MBS Podcast
Podcast·2 frameworks extracted
2021
Two Pages with MBS - Liz Wiseman on Impact Players and Multipliers
Podcast·2 frameworks extracted
2014
The Accidental Diminisher | Liz Wiseman
Podcast·2 frameworks extracted
Video
2015
Living and Working With Child-Like Wonder
Video·2 frameworks extracted
Appears alongside

Top neighbors of Liz Wiseman

8people
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Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs, Eupsychian management
1shared list
02
Amy Edmondson
Psychological Safety, Teaming, the Fearless Organization
1shared list
03
Andrew Scott
100-Year Life (with Gratton)
1shared list
04
Anne Morriss
Move Fast and Fix Things (with Frei)
1shared list
05
Anthony Athos
Art of Japanese Management, 7S co-author
1shared list
06
Bernard Bass
Transformational Leadership scale (MLQ)
1shared list
07
Bill George
Authentic Leadership
1shared list
08
Bob Kegan
Immunity to Change, adult-development stages of leadership
1shared list
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10 May 2026
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