How optimism can kill leadership

How optimism can kill leadership

Liz Wiseman, CEO of the Wiseman Group and author of Multipliers:How the best leaders make everyone smarter, explains how leaders, especially those in the professional industries, often fall somewhere between “multiplier” ­(a leader who makes use of the intelligence of those they lead) and “diminisher” (a leader who shuts down everyone’s idea). But there’s a third type: the “accidental diminishers“—an optimistic leader who fails to see the problem and assures everyone it will be fine, when it’s not.