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A 100x leader is a leader who is confident, humble, and always looking for ways to grow and improve.

The other side of the equation… the “X” is where many leaders fall short.

They’re great at learning and growing themselves, but miss the mark when multiplying and building up new leaders.

For today, I want to get into the 4 ways leaders can multiply their own skill sets and knowledge, and develop others at a high level.

First, what is multiplication in terms of leadership?

Multiplication is the intentional transfer of knowledge, skills, and expertise into the lives of the people you lead.

If you become an expert in the art of multiplication, the capacity of the individual, team, and organization increases dramatically.

The key is being intentional.

Intentionally transferring knowledge, wisdom, or skills can look different in every organization. Although some leaders love a newsletter or an email, others value the in-depth one-to-one nature of coaching or apprenticeship.

The truth is, there are many ways to multiply what you know to those you lead, and if you want to become a master of multiplication you must understand the differences of each approach and become competent at each of them.

Here are the 4 main methods of multiplying yourself into others:

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1) Informing

Communication is critical for any leader and informing is the most traditional style of intentionally transferring knowledge, wisdom, or skills.

This comes when a leader shares information in a one-way manner. For some leaders, this occurs through a written newsletter to the team or an email where they control what is communicated to others.

For others, informing looks like a company speech or keynote where the leader is engaging through multiple channels with little or no interactive process.

Informing is important and valuable for multiplication but most leaders think they are far more accomplished at informing than they actually are.

It is genuinely hard to speak well in public and hold an audience, it’s hard to craft emails or articles that capture precisely what you are trying to say succinctly and clearly and in the right tone.

The ROI for this style of communication includes:

• Consistency, where everyone (hopefully) hears the same carefully crafted message

• Efficiency, where repeatable mass communication can maximize a leader’s time

• Inspiration, where a good communicator can create employee engagement and buy into the future vision

It’s important for leaders to understand the incredible power of informing if done well.

The ROI is worth the effort but it’s important to get real feedback on your current level of performance and if the team is receiving the message or not.

2) Training

Multiplying via coaching occurs by facilitating learning events with clearly defined objectives using a controlled interactive process.

The most effective training occurs in groups of 15-25, but can stretch as high as 50 people, although the long-term ROI diminishes as the level of genuine interaction declines.

Training requires a different skill set in the interactive process. It’s one thing to inform people, it’s another to train them.

Some leaders are natural at training but many are not at all. Designing a training experience is a skill. It’s a careful balance of new learning, interaction, and keeping energy in the room.

With concentration spans being less and less every year, we have found that people need interaction every 7 minutes in order to effectively interact with the content and see its practical application in their immediate world.

The ROI for training includes:

• Focus, where participants process selected content in a facilitated environment with clear and practical takeaways

• Connection, where invitation to the training makes people feel special and leads to relational engagement

• Identification, where the chance to engage with the broader leadership pool allows leaders to find candidates for future roles inside the organization or team

Not all leaders are naturally great trainers, but those who intentionally work to become so, or invite strategic facilitators to help, can develop their people well.

One of our clients uses our GiANT toolkit for short training sessions with their team once a week before the start of their busy day.

Think of training as adding strength to your team and helping them get better.

3) Coaching

Coaching is the consistent investment in a small number of leaders over time with mutually agreed-upon objectives, in an interactive learning process.

This could look like one-to-one consulting, best practice core groups with a small group, or live troubleshooting.

Coaching is an ongoing proactive process that must be intentional to see real results in those you lead.

Coaching can be valuable for the 100x leader. The benefits include:

• Depth, where personalized collaboration of support and challenge develops higher personal performance

• Collaboration, where the other person is learning from and with you – sharing best practices  in real-life situations

• Accountability, where actions get delivered. It is hard to hide from deliberate and personalized coaching

Coaching well is a strength that leaders must perfect in order to be significant to others long term. The majority of adults can all be good at coaching but it takes time and practice to do it well.

4) Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a lost art in many ways. It was once the norm in training leaders but has lost its importance with the proliferation of information available in today’s world.

It can still be found in the trades, as one leader shows another employee how to do the practical, detailed work. Apprenticeship is the intentional transfer of knowledge, skills, and expertise into a person.

To apprentice is to invest long-term in another person who has the capacity and desire to replicate skills and competencies.

The ROI on apprenticeship includes:

• Capacity, where you raise up others to do what you do so you can do other things needed in the organization

• Scalability, where it allows the organization to grow because of the expansion of skillsets for the team or company

• Influence expands, both for yourself and your apprentice, which strengthens the whole organization

Apprenticeship takes significant commitment on both sides.

There is enormous value in intentionally multiplying into others. The great leaders of the world have learned to do it well.

We’ve found that those who master it become outstanding organizational team leaders who understand the power of culture and how to excel at building teams at work while expanding their influence at home.

That's all for today's message. Thanks for reading!

Until next time,

Jeremie Kubicek