160: Liz Wiseman - Why Lack Of Experience Is Your Advantage

Episode 160: Liz Wiseman - Why Lack Of Experience Is Your Advantage

Episode 160: Liz Wiseman - Why Lack Of Experience Is Your Advantage

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The Learning Leader Show

"The leaders job is to pull out the greatness around them."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Having an outward orientation and thinking beyond yourself will lead to sustained excellence
• Liz describes a "genius vs a genius maker"
• "The leaders job is to pull out greatness around them. They are past themselves."
• Larry Ellison is a prime example of a leader who pulls out the greatness in others
• How to earn the trust of the CEO
• Why learning beats knowing
• Only 15% of what we know today will be relevant 5 years from now
• Why lack of experience is your advantage
• Career advice to younger workers: "Don't try to replicate someone else. Don't be a "Steve Jobs wannabe" -- Be yourself
• Managers need to understand the value of rookies
• The disciplines of a "multiplier vs a diminsher"
• Signs you've reached a plateau in your career:
  • Things are running smoothly
  • You have "ready answers"
  • You're getting positive feedback all the time
  • You're the mentor
  • You're busy but bored
  • You start to play it safe
• Diminisher = Energy killer, puts a blanket on new ideas
• Multiplier = They use their own intelligence to amplify and help others grow and succeed
• A Diminsher is
  • A trophy collector... Treats talented employees like trophies (until they leave)
  • A tyrant... A creator of stress
  • A "know it all"
• A Multiplier is
  • A talent magnet... People grow around multipliers and other great leaders flow to them
  • A liberator... They give space
  • A challenger... They invite people to do hard things. They get comfortable inviting others to be uncomfortable. They create a warm environment.
  • Someone who creates a safe environment for intellectual curiosity and creates stretch

"Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else." - Sara Blakely

Continue Learning:

• Read: Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing In The New Game Of Work
• Read: Multipliers: How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
• To Follow Henry on Twitter: @LizWiseman
• To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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