Liz Wiseman
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Liz Wiseman | |
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| Born | 1964 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (B.S. in Finance) Brigham Young University (M.OB.) |
| Notable works | Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter |
| Spouse | Larry Wiseman |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | |
| TheWisemanGroup.com | |
Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work.
She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and in 2019 was recognized as the top leadership thinker in the world.
She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and Stanford University and is a former executive at Oracle Corporation, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development.
Education and career
Wiseman holds a bachelor's degree in business management and a Masters of Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University. She began her career with Oracle Corporation upon graduating from BYU. Wiseman has also completed executive education courses with University of Michigan, Wharton, Harvard, and MIT.
From 1988 through 2005, Wiseman worked for Oracle Corporation. During her career with Oracle, she led the creation of Oracle University,[1] worked as the vice president of Human Resource Development and led numerous global initiatives. Following her tenure at Oracle, she worked as an executive coach. It was during her years as an Oracle executive and later as an executive coach that she observed the differences between multiplying and diminishing leaders and then conducted the foundational research for her book Multipliers.[2][3]
Wiseman is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California.
Personal life
Wiseman is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As of 2017 she was an early morning seminary teacher.[4]
Published works
Books
- Multipliers, Updated and Revised: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. HarperCollins. 2017. ISBN 978-0-062-66307-8.
- Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, co author Greg Mckeown. HarperCollins. 2010. ISBN 978-0-061-96439-8.
- Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. HarperCollins. 2014. ISBN 978-0-06232-263-0.
- Wiseman, Liz; Allen, Lois; Foster, Elise (2013). The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools. ISBN 978-1452271897.
References
- ^ "Finding the Balance - Mormon Women Project". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "ARE YOU AN ACCIDENTAL DIMINISHER? •". iveybusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Managing Yourself: Bringing Out the Best in Your People". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ Brooke Facer, "Meet the Mormon mom and seminary teacher who advises Fortune 500 companies and is speaking at RootsTech Wednesday", Deseret News, Feb. 8, 2017
