I've just finished Marshall Goldsmith's great book: "What got you here, won't get you there - How successful people become even more successful". What is the book about? My one sentence answer is: It is about removing your personal obstacles to further magnify your strengths.
It’s an existential question I asked myself after reading Ben Horowitz’s blog post: Lead bullets. Fortunately I was reading Ron Baker’s book Implementing Value Pricing at the time.
In the workshop which Adam and I both attended, Liz organised a 5 minute exercise to get us in the groove of relentless questioning - one of the top traits of all great leaders from her book. We picked an issue then chose roles. Adam asked the questions first, and I answered, then we switched it over. I was excited! Even in 5 minutes, I had a much clearer idea of the problem we'd been discussing. I made a mental note to use it in the future if I was stuck on a problem. Sure enough...
Here's what I wrote to Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown as feedback on the session: I can’t tell you how energizing it was! It’s incredible to watch people around the table really identify what is the absolute best in their team mates. Then the reaction of the person in the “hot seat” - as they come to realise what others believe is their strongest quality, understand what it is that really drives them and realise how it translates not just to work, but across all aspects of their lives – was inspiring! The formal reviews we had scheduled for the next day were quite different as a result too.
The premise of Multipliers written by Liz Wiseman, is that any leader can be placed on a spectrum between being a Multiplier (good) and being a Diminisher (bad).
