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John Dore

Most senior leadership teams have the talent. They have the strategy. What they lack is the organisational glue — the breadth and depth of relationships that turn individual capability into collective performance. I help CEOs and their leadership teams solve that. Through keynotes, workshops, and executive programmes, I bring a framework — GLUE — that diagnoses the problem and builds the solution. I’ve applied it across hundreds of senior leaders from global organisations and with the world's most demanding executive cohorts.

The result: senior teams that create an organisational advantage.

Creating GLUE for leadership teams

SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS

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A BOOK ABOUT GLUE

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WRITING

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High-impact keynotes that challenge how leaders think about cohesion, connection
and the future of work.

get in touch: info@waveyourarms.com

Novels, stories, blogging and the creative life.

Company off-sites | Leadership Team Meetings | Strategy Workshops | Executive Away Days | Team Building & Alignment | Large Group Interventions | Psychometrics and Personality Types| Interpersonal Dynamics | Experiential & Discovery Learning | Conferences | Communication and Employee Engagement | Keynote Presentations | Learning Programme Design

The award-winning book, the model, and the mission - transforming leadership in a hybrid world

The result: teams that create an
organisational advantage

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John Dore is an acclaimed author, articulate speaker, inspiring facilitator, and executive programme director with over two decades of experience working with senior leaders across hundreds of organisations and dozens of countries.

As founder of Wave Your Arms, he empowers leaders to build organisational advantage by fostering deep cohesion within their teams. His philosophy centres on a compelling yet straightforward concept: organisations that truly prosper are those in which talented individuals are deeply connected to each other, to their mission, and to their clients. He calls this connection “glue”. 

His award-winning book, GLUE: Transforming Leadership in a Hybrid World, which received the 2024 Business Book of the Year Award in the Leadership category, offers a transformative framework.

He asserts that impactful leadership unfolds through authentic engagement in the moment. John dedicated seven years to directing the Senior Executive Programme at London Business School, the Financial Times’ top-ranked global executive programme in 2025 and 2026, working with hundreds of senior leaders worldwide. His expertise extends to programme design and delivery at esteemed institutions such as Cambridge Judge Business School and Hult Ashridge. His diverse interests encompass transformational leadership, disruption, innovation, crisis management, and organisational cohesion.

Prior to establishing Wave Your Arms in 2014, John served as Global Head of Marketing and Communications at HSBC Private Bank, where he crafted and led international initiatives for high-net-worth clients across the US, Europe, and Asia. Earlier roles included positions at Barclays Bank, Herbert Smith, Ernst & Young, and Arthur Andersen.

Beyond the corporate realm, he is a published novelist and optioned screenwriter, reflecting his conviction that exceptional leadership is, at its core, a creative endeavour.