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Are You A MULTIPLIER or DEMINISHER Leader?

PATRICK BOOTH
Management Managing a Team Management Aspirations Personal & Professional Growth Entry Level Management Middle Management

Last Friday, I was able to attend a leadership conference with several of my leaders. We were able to hear several speakers focus on leadership and how to inspire our teams. There was one speaker that really made an impact on me because her message got me to think about how my leadership could be inspiring or draining my team.

 

The speaker was Liz Wiseman and her book is titled MULTIPLIERS.

 

Have you ever been overworked & under utilized?

 

How did that make you feel?

  • Frustrated
  • Annoyed
  • Drained
  • Exhausted
  • Unfulfilled

 

Your leadership style can MULTIPLE or DEMINISH your people’s efforts. All leaders want employees to give 100% in their jobs. Your leadership will make an impact on our team's effort to be 100% or less.

 

A leader who overworks and underutilizes their team will see the effort of the employee drop to 30-40%.

 

An employee’s effort changes when they know their boss believes in them.

It’s easy to think of the bad boss who was a control freak, gossiper, full of double standards who drained you as a DEMINISHER LEADER.

 

But what if you are an ACCIDENTAL DEMNISHER?

 

WHOA! That hit me between the eyes and got me to stop in my tracks. I had to think “AM I THAT GUY?!”

 

An ACCIDENTAL DEMNISHER has the best of intentions but does diminish their people.
 

The tendencies of an ACCIDENTAL DEMINISHER:

  • Ideas Fountain – you overwhelm others with too many ideas.

  • Always On – your energy causes others to stay quiet.

  • Rescuer – your team doesn’t learn on their own how-to problem solve.

  • Pacesetter – your team waits and watches you engage.

  • Rapid Responder – your team waits for you to jump in and solve the issues.

  • Optimist – you don’t acknowledge or listen to the issues.

  • Protector – you make excuses instead of holding people accountable.

  • Strategist – you can give the full plan without having your team come up with ideas.

  • Perfectionist – you want the work to be the best, so you criticize and critique so much the team gives up.

 

What kind of leader do you want to be known as?

 

Take time to read Liz Wiseman’s book, MULTIPLIERS, and make sure you are the leader that everyone wants to follow!

 

Audio: https://www.amazon.com/Multipliers-Revised-and-Updated-audiobook/dp/B06XXZSZRJ/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=604609652288&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9052487&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17365522108645842312&hvtargid=kwd-299835749748&hydadcr=22563_13493224&keywords=liz+wiseman+multipliers&qid=1697425723&s=books&sr=1-1

 

Hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/Multipliers-Revised-Updated-Leaders-Everyone/dp/0062663070/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1697425723&sr=1-1

No one is perfect so let’s be real on where we fail and how we have grown from our mistakes.

 

Nothing changes, if nothing changes.

 

You are not alone, we want to engage with you.

 

Reach out to me directly Patrick.booth@impactofleadership.com if I can be of any help.

 

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