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Name: Impact Players
Rating: 4.2 (290 reviews)
Author: Liz Wiseman

Liz Wiseman

How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact

4.2 (290 Bewertungen)

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What’s in it for me? Learn how to contribute to your full potential and multiply your impact.

So, you know an Impact Player when you see one in action. The colleague who always gets handpicked to help out in a crisis? An Impact Player. That team member who seems to have a natural ability to solve problems? That’s right! Another Impact Player. A leader who time and again knows what to do, and even better, gets it done? You guessed it. Yet another Impact Player.

These "not all heroes wear capes" type of people are invaluable in any organization or team because they can be relied on, no matter how novel or complex the task at hand might be, to find the way forward. But what is it, exactly, about these influential superheroes that sets them apart from everyone else? More importantly, how did they get their superpower?

So welcome, fellow mortal! I’m Renée, and you can think of me as your blinkist coach for the next 20 minutes as we focus up and drill a few basics from Liz Wiseman’s Impact Players. Together, we’ll tackle their unique mindset, and learn how they multiply their impact through consistent performance.

But what’s the goal, you ask? Great question! It’s to show how you, too, can become an Impact Player – and attract other Impact Players to your team while you’re at it.

So let’s huddle up, focus up, and bring along that A game to this mini bootcamp in pushing your impact to the next level. Along the way you’ll hear about everyday people – from coaches, engineers, actors, office workers and parents – who became Impact Players in everything from ending wars to achieving their professional dreams. Along the way, we’ll uncover their secrets for overcoming the hurdles on the road to becoming an Impact Player.

In these blinks, you’ll learn

why the best soccer players ignore their own footwork during a match;
how a mother and office worker stepped up to inspire the end of a 30-year political war; and
why you should pursue problems rather than avoid them.

The Mental Game.

First up: The mental game.

So what is it, really, that makes Impact Players so influential? Sure, they are smart, talented and have a great work ethic – but so do many contributors out there who don’t make as much of a difference.

Like Monica Padman. She dreamed of making people laugh and feel by becoming a professional actor – that’s how she landed a role in a small TV show. Right here on set, she met the A-list actress Kristen Bell, who mentioned she had a young daughter. Padman instantly took the opportunity to offer her babysitting services as a side-gig.

While working at the family home Padman met Bell’s husband Dax Shepard, another well-known actor. Padman and Shepard found themselves in endless fiery and entertaining debates, so he suggested they start a podcast to share them with the world.

Hundreds of episodes later, Padman is living her dream – making people laugh and feel. Looking back on that first encounter with Bell, she could have just asked for a career boost to her acting career. Instead, she’d decided to offer help where it was needed, and uncovered greater opportunities as a result.

Professionals like Monica, and many like her in other industries, are rare. The people who don’t just do the job they have, they also do the job that's needed. They identify where they can help and they step up to take on the challenge.

It is precisely these kinds of people Liz Wiseman calls Impact Players, and they’re a valuable asset to any team or organization. Just like in sports, Impact Players in the workplace bring their A-game to everything they do. They raise the bar, and encourage a culture of growth and creativity.

So what’s their secret? That would be their mental game.

See, most professionals have what’s known as a Contributor Mindset. Unlike Impact Players, those with a Contributor Mindset are not called to duty when things get tough. Because, while a normal contributor may be committed to his task, as soon as a problem comes up he gets sidetracked, loses focus on the goal. Meanwhile, the Impact Player sees a challenge as an opportunity to be embraced.

So if you want to multiply your impact, you must grasp this same mindset. The Impact Player approach is not just marginally different to other contributors, it is radically opposed.

Expand your focus to find your W.I.N.

This brings us to our first pro-tip: Expand your focus to find your W.I.N.

According to a youth soccer coach, the best players on the team don’t look much at their own footwork during a match. That’s because they’re too busy scanning the field, ready to adjust their performance in response to their observations.

While others wait for direction, Impact Players step up and lead.

Betty Williams was an ordinary citizen of Belfast when political violence broke out in her hometown in the late 1960s. It was the start of the thirty-year conflict known as the Troubles, fought between Catholic nationalists who wanted to leave the United Kingdom, and Protestant unionists who wanted to remain.

Others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line.

Have you ever seen one of those crime thrillers about a special agent on a secret mission? They dodge constant threats and fend off the ever-menacing villains, and they do so with grace and ease. The agent is determined, hard-working and resilient – and always gets the mission accomplished.

Well, Impact Players are a lot like these fictional agents. They embark on their missions without needing constant direction. Along the way, they may call in to headquarters to summon some support, but in general they lead themselves. And no matter what, they pursue their mission to the very end.

Impact Players ask for feedback and adjust their behavior accordingly.

Listen to this orchestra tuning up for a performance. Notice how each instrumentalist carefully adjusts their pitch until it matches the reference pitch, and each other. Even outside the orchestra, musicians tune by comparing the pitch of their instrument with a reference pitch – be it a tuning fork, a digital tuner, or a fellow musician. The goal is to continue adjusting the instrument until the two pitches match.

Just like the orchestra, professionals usually need a reference to recognize where they may be off pitch. Unless you are extremely experienced, you won’t be able to analyze the subtle nuances in your own performance. But you can get better at it by asking for feedback, and making incremental adjustments in response.

Impact Players make the workload feel lighter by keeping things simple.

The Endgame: Lightening the Load.

Isle is a highly capable chief operating officer at a global technology company. She is so hardworking that she is usually the last person to leave the office, often staying late to fix other people’s work without telling them.

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Impact Players (2021) uncovers the qualities of the most indispensable players in a team or organization, and breaks down the mindset that sets these influential individuals apart from the rest. Drawing on insights from top industry leaders, it shows how to leverage the approaches used by influential professionals to multiply your own impact in the workplace.

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Aspiring leaders
Business owners and entrepreneurs
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Über den Autor

Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor and CEO of talent development and research organization the Wiseman Group. She is also the author of New York Times bestseller The Multiplier Effect and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts.

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