William Nordhaus
2018 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences | Sterling Professor Emeritus, Yale University | Father of Climate-Change Economics | Creator of the DICE Model
Liz Wiseman
CEO, The Wiseman Group | Thinkers50 Talent Award Winner | Bestselling Author of Multipliers & Impact Players | Leadership & Talent Expert
Liz Wiseman is the leadership researcher who introduced the world to "Multipliers" — the leaders who make everyone around them smarter. CEO of The Wiseman Group, Thinkers50 Talent Award winner, and author of four bestsellers, she equips senior audiences with evidence-based frameworks to unlock team intelligence, develop high-impact contributors, and lead more effectively through change.
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Liz Wiseman biography
One of the world’s most influential leadership thinkers, Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor, and CEO of The Wiseman Group, a Silicon Valley-based leadership research and development firm. Her client roster spans the most complex organizations on the planet — Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Disney, Nike, Tesla, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, and Netflix among them — and her research has redefined how senior leaders think about talent, intelligence, and organizational performance.
Leadership speaker Liz Wiseman is best known for pioneering the concept of “Multipliers” — leaders who amplify the intelligence and capability of those around them — versus “Diminishers,” who drain energy and suppress talent. First introduced in her New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, this framework has been adopted by executive development programs at some of the world’s leading organizations. Her subsequent books — The Multiplier Effect, the Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact — have each added new dimensions to her body of work, shifting focus from how leaders lead to how employees contribute at their highest level.
Before founding The Wiseman Group, Wiseman spent 17 years as a top executive at Oracle Corporation, serving as Vice President of Oracle University and global leader for Human Resource Development. This combination of sustained executive experience and rigorous field research gives her a credibility few management thinkers can match. She holds both a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s degree in organizational behavior from Brigham Young University, and is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and Stanford University.
Thinkers50 Recognition & Global Impact
Wiseman has been consistently recognized by Thinkers50 — described by the Financial Times as the “Oscars of management thinking” — as one of the world’s top 50 management thinkers. She received the Thinkers50 Talent Award in 2023, and Impact Players was named to Thinkers50’s Best New Management Books list. She contributes regularly to the Harvard Business Review and Fortune, and her ideas have been cited by senior executives across industries as among the most practically useful in the field of leadership.
As a speaker, Liz Wiseman brings the same rigor and clarity to the stage that defines her research. Her keynotes translate complex data into immediately actionable frameworks for leaders at every level — from high-potential managers to C-suite executives. Audiences gain practical tools for unlocking team intelligence, identifying high-impact contributors, and leading with curiosity rather than authority. For organizations navigating rapid change, talent pressure, or the challenge of doing more with less, her work delivers insights that are not merely thought-provoking but genuinely transformative.
Liz Wiseman Speaking Videos
Liz Wiseman - The Power of Not Knowing
Liz Wiseman - Living and working with child-like wonder
Liz Wiseman Keynote Topics
How the best leaders don't just attract talent — they amplify it. Drawing on her landmark research into Multipliers and Diminishers, Wiseman reveals the five disciplines that separate leaders who shrink their teams from those who stretch them. Audiences discover how small shifts in leadership behavior — how leaders ask questions, assign work, and respond to mistakes — can dramatically increase team output, innovation, and engagement. This keynote gives leaders a clear framework to audit their own leadership style and practical tools to shift from diminishing to multiplying.
Why do some professionals break through and create outsized value while others, equally talented, plateau? Based on a study of 170 top contributors and interviews with senior leaders at leading global companies, Wiseman reveals the five mindsets and practices that distinguish high-impact contributors from capable-but-overlooked peers. This session helps both individual contributors and the leaders who manage them understand what it takes to do work that truly matters — and how to build a team culture where impact players thrive.
In times of constant disruption, the most dangerous thing a leader can be is certain. Wiseman argues that the hunger, curiosity, and resourcefulness of a rookie mindset are precisely the qualities that drive breakthrough performance — and that leaders who retain them, regardless of experience, consistently outperform those who don't. This keynote challenges senior leaders to embrace not-knowing as a competitive advantage, and gives teams a practical framework for staying sharp, relevant, and adaptive in rapidly changing environments.
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FAQs on Booking Liz Wiseman
Why Liz Wiseman?
Booking Liz Wiseman for your event is a strategic investment in leadership transformation. As one of the world's top management thinkers according to Thinkers50, CEO of The Wiseman Group, and author of four bestselling books, Wiseman delivers research-backed insights that are immediately applicable at every level of an organization. Her signature Multipliers framework has been adopted by executive teams at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and dozens of other global leaders. Whether your audience is a group of emerging managers or a C-suite leadership team, Wiseman equips them with practical tools to unlock talent, amplify team intelligence, and lead with greater impact. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to check Liz Wiseman's availability for your next event.
What is Liz Wiseman's Multipliers concept?
Liz Wiseman's Multipliers research identifies two distinct types of leaders: Multipliers, who amplify the intelligence and capability of the people around them, and Diminishers, who drain energy and keep teams dependent on them. Based on interviews with hundreds of executives and leaders across industries, Wiseman found that Multipliers routinely get twice the output from their teams compared to Diminishers — without adding headcount or budget. The concept, introduced in her New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, has become a cornerstone framework in leadership development programs at some of the world's most respected organizations.
What is Liz Wiseman's book Impact Players about?
Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact (2021) shifts focus from how leaders lead to how individual contributors can maximize their value. Drawing on research with 170 top contributors and interviews with senior leaders, Wiseman identifies five practices that distinguish high-impact employees — those who figure out the real job to be done, step up without waiting for direction, and finish strong. The book became a Wall Street Journal bestseller and was recognized on Thinkers50's Best New Management Books list.
What topics does leadership speaker Liz Wiseman cover?
Liz Wiseman speaks on leadership development, talent and team performance, the Multiplier/Diminisher framework, high-impact contribution, and building learning cultures in organizations. Her keynotes are grounded in original research and draw on real-world examples from her work with Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other global leaders. She tailors her presentations to executive audiences, HR and people leaders, and high-potential manager programs. To book Liz Wiseman through Aurum Speakers Bureau, contact us with your event details and we'll be in touch within 24 hours.
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