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 [...]
CK Prahalad
Management Guru and Multiplier
On April 16, CK Prahalad, professor and renowned management guru, died after a sudden illness. The world lost one of its great thinkers and teachers, and an extraordinary Multiplier. For me, I’ve lost an important mentor – one who not only shaped me professionally, but who played a vital role in the creation of the book Multipliers. As I reflect on this loss, I’m reminded of what I gained.
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Why Multipliers get so much more from their teams
Multipliers get more. Multipliers extract all the capability from people. In our research interviews (for Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter), people told us that leaders who operate as Multipliers got a lot more out of them than Diminishers. We asked each person to identify the percentage of their real capability that each type of leader received from them.
A Tale of Two Managers
Why are we smarter and more capable around some leaders?
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