I know of a Stanford professor who is a brilliant thinker and renowned researcher. The unintended consequence is that he is so busy publishing papers, books and blogs that he has a tendency to overlook the brilliance in his students. Specifically, his PhD candidates confess to having no face time with their highly regarded academic [...]
Multiplier Fest or Feast? Last week, when the Wiseman Group held our Multipliers Executive Briefing, it was a real “Multiplier Fest.” We had 4 of the Multipliers from the book on an executive panel, and, we have 2 additional Multipliers join us in the audience. The insights flowing from the panel were non-stop. As one [...]
Confessions of This Accidental Diminisher. Recently I decided to take our own “Are you an Accidental Diminisher?” quiz. I had managed to develop it, test it with others, and click through the test dozens of times to make sure it was returning accurate results, all without completing it on myself. I was preparing to teach [...]
The Accidental Diminisher. When we put together our “Are you an Accidental Diminisher?” quiz, I had no idea I’d hear so many personal confessions. A few nights ago at a community fundraiser, I got stopped by at least five people telling me how they scored on the quiz. Some shared enthusiastically that they were in [...]
Today Gordon Brown offered his resignation. It provides an opportunity to reflect on his tenure as Prime Minister which, to my reading of history, is that of a tragic leadership figure—someone whose own intelligence seemed to get in the way of his ability to access other people’s. Even Brown’s toughest critics would accept that he [...]