Liz Wiseman is a prominent executive advisor, researcher, and author who is a global authority on leadership and talent development. She is the CEO of The Wiseman Group, a Silicon Valley-based firm dedicated to helping organizations unlock human potential. Her groundbreaking research, most notably her New York Times bestseller Multipliers, introduced a framework that fundamentally shifts how leaders view and cultivate talent within their organizations.
Wiseman's authority is grounded in both her academic background and her decades of corporate experience. She holds a master's in organizational behavior and is a highly sought-after guest lecturer at institutions like Brigham Young University and Stanford University. She previously served as a senior executive at Oracle for 17 years, where she was the Vice President of Oracle University and the global leader for Human Resource Development, providing her with firsthand knowledge of scaling leadership development in a major technology firm.
Her influence is captured in her portfolio of bestselling books. Multipliers and The Multiplier Effect demonstrate how great leaders amplify the capability and intelligence of those around them. Her Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts emphasizes the power of learning over knowing, while her 2021 book Impact Players provides a roadmap for individuals to become indispensable contributors. This extensive body of work is a go-to resource for top executives globally.
As a leading management thinker, Wiseman has been consistently named one of the world's best, receiving the top achievement award for leadership from Thinkers50. Her recent client list includes global innovators like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Tesla. Through her writing in Harvard Business Review and her dynamic speaking engagements, she equips leaders with research-backed strategies to replace politics and bureaucracy with a culture that maximizes the genius and collective intelligence within their organizations.
