Liz Wiseman - Speaker - By Promotivate Speaker Agency

    Liz Wiseman

    Conference Speaker Liz Wiseman - By Promotivate Speaker Agency

    Liz Wiseman

    Gain exclusive insights from a top leadership expert, researcher, executive advisor, and bestselling author. Discover proven strategies to elevate your career and inspire your team.


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      Liz Wiseman

      Pioneering Architect of Leadership Multipliers & Organisational Agility

      Core Intelligence Domain: Leadership
      Location: United States | Languages: English
      Representation: Represented globally by PSpeakers Global Intelligence

      Liz Wiseman is a globally recognised researcher, executive advisor, and bestselling author whose proprietary frameworks have fundamentally transformed how modern organisations leverage human capital. As the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a premier leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, she advises executive boards and management teams at some of the world’s most prestigious corporate institutions, including Apple, Disney, Meta, Google, Tesla, and Microsoft. Drawing upon her extensive seventeen-year tenure as an executive at Oracle Corporation—where she served as the Vice President of Oracle University and the global leader for Human Resource Development—Wiseman provides actionable strategic foresight into talent optimisation, leadership dynamics, and the psychological mechanics of high-performing, agile teams.

      Proprietary Frameworks & Global Influence

      Wiseman’s influence on modern management theory is anchored in her rigorous empirical research into workplace psychology and leadership behaviours. She is consistently ranked on the prestigious Thinkers50 list and has been recognised as one of the top leadership thinkers globally. Her intellectual contributions are defined by three major, paradigm-shifting frameworks:

      • The Multiplier Effect: Explored in her New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, Wiseman delineates the critical divergence between “Diminishers”—leaders who drain intelligence and capability—and “Multipliers”—leaders who amplify the intellect and resourcefulness of those around them.
      • Rookie Smarts: In Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, she challenges the traditional premium placed on experience, proving that in rapidly evolving industries, a state of perpetual unlearning and “rookie” curiosity yields superior innovation and problem-solving.
      • The Impact Player Paradigm: Her latest research, detailed in Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact, identifies the specific mental models and micro-behaviours that distinguish indispensable professionals who consistently deliver outsized value during times of ambiguity and high stakes.

      Core Keynote & Strategic Masterclass Themes

      Liz Wiseman delivers highly interactive, data-backed presentations that equip leaders with actionable methodologies to drive cultural transformation. Her core speaking topics include:

      • Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter: Strategies for leaders to shift from micromanagement to empowerment, extracting the latent capability of their workforce.
      • Impact Players: Maximising Contribution in Ambiguous Environments: Guiding professionals and teams to navigate uncertainty by addressing the right problems and taking intelligent initiative.
      • Rookie Smarts for Executive Agility: Cultivating a culture of continuous learning and intellectual humility to stay ahead of market disruptions.
      • Leading Through Change and Crisis: Equipping management teams with the psychological tools necessary to maintain morale, focus, and productivity during organisational restructuring.
      • Talent Retention in the Modern Economy: Creating high-engagement environments where top-tier talent feels challenged, valued, and intellectually stimulated.

      Key Takeaways

      • Actionable Leadership Metrics: Immediate techniques to identify and mitigate accidental “Diminisher” tendencies within management structures.
      • Amplified Organisational Intelligence: Frameworks designed to double team output without increasing headcount by unlocking unutilised human potential.
      • Fostering High-Impact Cultures: Strategies to institutionalise “Impact Player” behaviours across all levels of the enterprise, ensuring resilience and self-directed problem-solving.
      • Sustainable Innovation: Embedding a “Rookie Smarts” mindset into corporate DNA to ensure that institutional knowledge does not become a barrier to disruptive innovation.
      • “Liz is an incredible multiplier of talent herself. Every aspiring leader should read her books and practice her techniques. Liz also helped me recognize that being a working parent is an advantage-a gift. Thank you Liz!Liz is an incredible multiplier of talent herself. Every aspiring leader should read her books and practice her techniques. Liz also helped me recognize that being a working parent is an advantage-a gift. Thank you Liz!”

        Vickie Bond Mrva, Chief Commercial Officer | Board Member | Former Apple, Walmart, Lululemon and Willow Innovations

      • Liz Wiseman “Liz is an incredible multiplier of talent herself. Every aspiring leader should read her books and practice her techniques. Liz also helped me recognize that being a working parent is an advantage-a gift. Thank you Liz!Liz is an incredible multiplier of talent herself. Every aspiring leader should read her books and practice her techniques. Liz also helped me recognize that being a working parent is an advantage-a gift. Thank you Liz!”
        5 / 5
      • “My introduction to Liz was during a Multipliers Workshop in 2011. Her ability to guide an audience through a personal journey of capability and opportunity in unmatched. She is passionate about all of her pursuits, and one of the most kind and focused individuals I have ever met. When you speak with Liz, even in a crowd of people, she makes you feel as if you're the only person in room. That is a gift. I've often wondered what the world could look like if, as her book suggests for businesses, people operated more like Multipliers. Any business, large or small, would benefit from inviting Liz or her team of talented practitioners to share what it takes to lead like a Multiplier.”

        Bryan Coy, Assistant Product Marketing Manager at Techtronic Industries – TTI

      • Liz Wiseman “My introduction to Liz was during a Multipliers Workshop in 2011. Her ability to guide an audience through a personal journey of capability and opportunity in unmatched. She is passionate about all of her pursuits, and one of the most kind and focused individuals I have ever met. When you speak with Liz, even in a crowd of people, she makes you feel as if you're the only person in room. That is a gift. I've often wondered what the world could look like if, as her book suggests for businesses, people operated more like Multipliers. Any business, large or small, would benefit from inviting Liz or her team of talented practitioners to share what it takes to lead like a Multiplier.”
        5 / 5
      • “Liz is an excellent author and an outstanding teacher of leadership skills to executives. She was nominated for the 2019 Top HR Influencer Award and I had the honor of evaluating her great work. Her research, writing and dedication of pushing the HR industry forward is recognized and sincerely appreciated!Liz is an excellent author and an outstanding teacher of leadership skills to executives. She was nominated for the 2019 Top HR Influencer Award and I had the honor of evaluating her great work. Her research, writing and dedication of pushing the HR industry forward is recognized and sincerely appreciated!”

        Tim Hepner, Business Performance Advisor | PEO | Strategic HR

      • Liz Wiseman “Liz is an excellent author and an outstanding teacher of leadership skills to executives. She was nominated for the 2019 Top HR Influencer Award and I had the honor of evaluating her great work. Her research, writing and dedication of pushing the HR industry forward is recognized and sincerely appreciated!Liz is an excellent author and an outstanding teacher of leadership skills to executives. She was nominated for the 2019 Top HR Influencer Award and I had the honor of evaluating her great work. Her research, writing and dedication of pushing the HR industry forward is recognized and sincerely appreciated!”
        5 / 5
      • “I first met Liz when she presented at the inaugural Silicon Slopes Technology Summit in Utah. Liz is a fantastic presenter and a bestselling author. I love her work and highly recommend her as a speaker, coach, and author. She brings amazing insight and experience, but still approaches life with humility and a passion for learning. Liz has a contagious, positive attitude and personality.”

        Chip Hopper, BookJedi, Futurist, Author, Editor, Podcaster

      • Liz Wiseman “I first met Liz when she presented at the inaugural Silicon Slopes Technology Summit in Utah. Liz is a fantastic presenter and a bestselling author. I love her work and highly recommend her as a speaker, coach, and author. She brings amazing insight and experience, but still approaches life with humility and a passion for learning. Liz has a contagious, positive attitude and personality.”
        5 / 5
      • “I'd like to extend this recommendation for Liz and the "Multipliers" workshop she's created. I had the pleasure working with Liz in 2012 and the workshop is by far the best one I've seen in the market. Not only does it focus on practical leadership skills that can be implemented the following day, but it also involves the group at all times, making it highly interactive. Our executive team have been thrilled with the concepts, and we're currently implementing the "Multipliers" principles throughout the organization. On a personal level, Liz is a person that connects well with all individuals, and she manages to bring out the best intelligence in all groups. She's an amazing human being and it's truly a pleasure being around her, getting inspired by her intellectual curiosity and leadership ideas. I'd recommend Liz and the workshops created by the Wiseman Group to all organizations looking to improve leadership skills. You'll have a hard time finding workshops with better ROI's out there, and with such a practical focus to create lasting change!”

        Malte Holm, Senior Vice President

      • Liz Wiseman “I'd like to extend this recommendation for Liz and the "Multipliers" workshop she's created. I had the pleasure working with Liz in 2012 and the workshop is by far the best one I've seen in the market. Not only does it focus on practical leadership skills that can be implemented the following day, but it also involves the group at all times, making it highly interactive. Our executive team have been thrilled with the concepts, and we're currently implementing the "Multipliers" principles throughout the organization. On a personal level, Liz is a person that connects well with all individuals, and she manages to bring out the best intelligence in all groups. She's an amazing human being and it's truly a pleasure being around her, getting inspired by her intellectual curiosity and leadership ideas. I'd recommend Liz and the workshops created by the Wiseman Group to all organizations looking to improve leadership skills. You'll have a hard time finding workshops with better ROI's out there, and with such a practical focus to create lasting change!”
        5 / 5