Some leaders make us better and smarter. They bring out our intelligence. We call them Multipliers.
Some leaders seemed to drain intelligence and capability out of the people around them. Their focus on their own intelligence and their resolve to be the smartest person in the room had a diminishing effect on everyone else. These are Diminisher’s.
Diminishers appear to believe that really intelligent people are a rare breed and they are one of the few really smart people. They then conclude, other people will never figure things out without me.