Multipliers
How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman · first published 2010
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Do you make those around you smarter? 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 ones 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
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If its possible have him read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Multipliers-Best-Leaders-Everyone-Smar... It's a book on how some leaders push people at their job while other leaders simply make everyone shut down and only get about 50% productivity. He's micro-managing style…
on “The CEO of my company is a micro manager - how to make it stop?” ↗Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman Great stories on how to amplify the teams' collective impact.
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗I think this is the book he's referring to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Multipliers-Best-Leaders-Everyone-Sm...
on “Be Kind” ↗Reads like it was majorly inspired by Liz Wiseman’s “Multipliers”. It’s a pretty tedious read (to me) but goes into a lot of detail on these leadership traits and dwells quite a bit on the “diminishing” aspects of them.
on “The Pacesetting Leadership Style” ↗