If Glue/Grease is day-to-day, Force Multiplying is culture-level.
Good managers unblock. Great managers multiply. Force multiplying isn’t about louder meetings or longer hours. It’s subtle interventions that change how the whole system runs. Think less “hero on a whiteboard” and more “oiling the gears while everyone else is busy.” It’s those small, repeatable acts that make your team better without burning you out.
This section provides high-leverage nudges, micro-practices and under-the-radar interventions that scale your team without burning you out. Move from good to great not by working harder, but by amplifying others.
Leadership is just well-placed nudges that land weeks later.
Spot stretch-with-support opportunities before people stagnate.
The endgame: everyone multiplies, and the team hums without you.
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Closing Thought
Force multiplying isn’t glamorous. You don’t get credit. You don’t trend on LinkedIn. But you will know, in the back of your quietly introverted brain, that the team is bigger, stronger, and more capable because of dozens of tiny moves you set in motion. And that’s the best you can do. That’s the job.
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