EP021: How to Keep Your Entire Team in the Rookie Zone with Liz Wiseman
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Many businesses grow stale when a large number of employees decide to quit engaging in the organization, but stay at their current positions. If your leaders are not challenging existing employees with something new or fringe every three to six months their creativity level drops or becomes non-existent. Blending the knowledge of the current workforce and new talent (rookies) serves to expedite the creative process and enlivens the creative environment as a whole. Effective leaders in your organization will produce a fluid habitat, one which multiplies the abilities of each person on the team.
Key Takeaways:
[1:51] Is knowledge the currency of this internet equipped world?
[5:19] We need to let go of things which are no longer true
[9:15] Modern leaders need to be able to lead when appropriate and follow when appropriate
[11:55] Exploring the book Rookie Smarts
[15:00] What are the downsides to experience?
[16:26] Intuition is our brain combining multiple historical data points and forming a conclusion
[21:35] Assumptions can limit your ability to learn something new
[24:18] Using improv to build on an idea at work
[25:51] Leaders, use your rookie talent
[27:34] How to keep your entire team in the rookie zone
[34:12] New managers are little disasters
[40:42] The logic behind the “Multiplier” leader
[44:24] The mindset of the “Multiplier” leader
[48:00] The 6 different leadership styles - Harvard Business Review
[48:57] Are you able to get more than 100% of your abilities?
[52:02] Contacting Liz and finding her books
Mentions:
The Invisible Gorilla Experiment
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