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My guest today is Liz Wiseman. She is the founder and the president of The Wiseman Group. She\u2019s also the author of the very popular book, Multipliers; How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. The book has just been released in its 2nd edition with new refreshed and new content including:

Accidental Diminisher chapter
Dealing with Diminishers chapter
Building a Multiplier Culture section of the \u201cBecoming a Multiplier\u201d chapter.
Multipliers Experiments in appendix

I spoke with Liz about her research over the past 8 years on what the best leaders do to build up the people around them.\u201cThe most intelligent leaders, really smart, capable people, don\u2019t always engender intelligence in those around them,\u201d says Wiseman. \u201cTheir presence as a leader costs the presence of others. They often take up too much space.\u201d

Wiseman calls these scene stealers \u201cdiminishers\u201d and points out that when they walk into a room, it often goes quiet. Why? Because their employees know that the leader has to be the smartest person in the room. Wiseman jokes that anyone who has ever worked for even a week knows the type. But it\u2019s not funny when you consider that Wiseman\u2019s research shows that under diminishers, people work at 50% of their capability.