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Multiplier
Nick Dennis Deputy Head (Academic)
Berkhamsted School
How to lead like a
@nickdennis #PedagooSW
…wrestling with the angels - a metaphor you can take as literally as
you like.
Asking questions
Tight values, loose control: get the values right, get good people, find opportunities and
let it go.Stephen Munby, Head, Comberton Village College
We keep really focused on core purpose
Caroline Hoddinott, Head, Haybridge School
What’s not to like about this?
Oversimplification? Where’s the evidence?
Seems to me to be a populist pseudoscientific
explanation rooted in stereotypes. Want to feel it. I really do. But aren’t [sic].
Two types of question
Poser already has an answer.
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Poser wants to understand or dig deeper.
Disciplinary Authentic
Diminishers?
The Problem
The Gatekeeper The Tyrant
The Know-It-All
The Decision Maker
The Micromanager
The Gatekeeper Hoards resources and underutilises talent
The TyrantCreates a tense environment
that suppresses people’s thinking and capability
The Know-It-All Gives directives that showcase how much they know
The Decision MakerMakes centralised, abrupt decisions that confuse the
organisation
The Micro Manager Drives results through their personal involvement
Accidental Diminishers
The Problem
Accidental Diminishers
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The Idea PersonAlways OnRescuer
PacesetterRapid Responder
Optimist
Always OnConsume all the space around them and people shrink around these leaders.
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Play Fewer Chips
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Give 51% of the vote
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RescuerTheir people become dependent on them which weakens their reputation.
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Ask for a FIXPeople already know an answer - ask them
for it.
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Lead like a Multiplier
Multiplier
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Attracts talented people & uses them at their highest point of contribution
Creates an intense environment that requires people’s best thinking and work
Defines an opportunity that causes people to stretch
Drives sound decisions by constructing debate and decision-making forums
Gives other people the ownership for results and invests in their success
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How would you:Diminisher !
They will never figure it out without me
Multiplier!People are smart and
will figure this out
Manage talent? Use Develop
Approach Mistakes? Blame Explore
Set direction? Tell Challenge
Make decisions? Decide Consult
Get things done? Control Support
Multiplier Experiment: Talent Finder
• What do they do better than anything else they do?
• What do they do better than the people around them?
• What do they do easily (without effort or awareness)?
• What do they do freely (without being asked/paid)? 27
Appraisal
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Appraisal
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‘Nobody discovers anything by giving an answer. You
look for the questions. Why? Because good questions lead to big concepts and
ideas.’
Laying a challenge
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Are you the genius or are you the genius maker?
Ask questions
Constant and frequent questioning is the first key to
wisdom…For through doubting we are led to inquire and by inquiry we perceive the truth
Pierre (Peter) Abelard, 12th Century
I not only use the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Dr Nick Dennis !Email: [email protected] Twitter: @nickdennis LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/nickdennis Blog: http://www.nickdennis.com/blog
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