Welcome to Wave Your Arms. I talk about cohesive leadership. I design and lead executive development programmes for senior leaders. I blog about the future of work and leadership. I facilitate and produce thought-leadership events. I write and hope to be enjoyably read. Please explore the BLOG and, if anything strikes a chord, or flicks a switch, feel free to share or connect. If you would like to get in touch, please do reach out at: info@waveyourarms.com, or perhaps follow on @waveyourarms, or on Linked-in.

Some GLUE shared live in Oman

I recently had the honour of speaking at the 7th OSHRM conference in Oman. A short glimpse here of some of the ideas in my book GLUE, some scepticism about the likely impact of AI, and an apology to my local hosts for bringing the rain with me from London. The topic was Building Cohesion in a World of AI. Feel free to share.

🚀 A new GLUE leadership module - now available 💥

John Dore presents to an audience at a workshop

Q. In today’s hybrid working world, how do you create powerful collaboration amongst your senior team, while engaging widely and deeply with disparate employees?

A. By cultivating a powerful organisational tool called GLUE.

My breakthrough leadership book GLUE is now available as an impactful learning experience, delivered as keynote presentation, or as a half-day or full day leadership module. The focus can be tailored to the needs and priorities of different clients, to:

Discover the “organisational advantage” found in glue-rich environments and connected teams.
Explore the powerful leadership behaviours that create cohesion, deepen engagement and encourage high-performance.
Consider the amount of “glue” created within your firm today, and what might be needed to make it more cohesive in the future.
Cultivate GLUE though harnessing your most valuable people through experimentation, compelling stories and new ways of working.
Adopt new counterintuitive approaches to leadership, which deepen engagement and improve collaboration.

An early adopting client said; “the feedback this week has been fantastic, it has proven very thought provoking for our leadership team.”

Let me know if you would like to find how you can build GLUE into your next conference, offsite, away day, or leadership development initiative. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW

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My new book GLUE - Transforming Leadership in a hybrid World was published by Routledge and won Best Leadership Book of the Year in 2024. GLUE was written for anyone who has a genuine interest in leading others with impact. You may be on the Executive Management team of your firm. If you are, then you will find some unusual role-model approaches to emulate and inspire. You may be new to a leadership role. If that is you, then the principles described apply, regardless of your years of experience, or the size of your firm. Glue is for anyone who wants to better harness the skills, energies, and ideas of others. Whatever your role, function, sector, or seniority, this book sets out a distinctive vision of the firm and shows the profound impact you can make through creating and nurturing glue.

You can find out more - in the GLUE section of the website.

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About John Dore

John Dore - Speaker & Facilitator

In 2014 I founded Wave Your Arms Ltd, an executive development consultancy that facilitates inspiring ideas for businesses. I aim to help leaders create an ‘organisational advantage’ through deepening cohesion within their firms. I am a programme designer, contributor and speaker for strategy workshops and leadership events for senior audiences worldwide. I am the author of GLUE: Transforming Leadership in a Hybrid World (Routledge) and winner of the 2024 Business Book of the Year (Leadership). My professional experience includes consulting services, global wealth management, communications, and leadership development. Before founding Wave Your Arms, he was the Global Head of Marketing & Communications for HSBC Private Bank, where he produced and led the ‘Family Enterprise Forum’ and ‘Next Generation’ programmes for high-net-worth clients and their families in the US, Europe and Asia. Previously, he worked in various roles with Barclays, Herbert Smith, Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen.

Since 2019, I have been privileged to be the Director of the Senior Executive Programme at LBS, the School’s flagship open-enrolment programme. I have developed a suite of creative business simulations for executives, including The Organisational AdvantageTM, The Perfect Product, Building Bridges, and The Art of High Performance. I contribute to a number of critical topics for senior audiences, including transformational leadership, disruption and innovation, strategic communications, crisis leadership, and organisational development.

Currently

✍️ Writing: Seven Dials Novel - see Questor, (‘tis new), The Organisational Advantage [Linked-in newsletter, pieces for LBS THINK, HBR Ascend, HR Magazine, INC, etc.]
📚 Reading: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, False Alarm by Bjorn Lomborg, In The Distance by Hernan Diaz, Babel by R F Huang, Adventures in Modern Recording by Trevor Horn, The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu,
👨‍🎤 Listening: Lucy Rose, Aninmal Kingdom, IQ, Wild Besats, ADKOB, A Sudden Burst of Colour, Gathering of Strangers, Champs, Chain Wallet, Crown Lands, Leif Erikson, The War on Drugs, Wild Front, Kawala, Steve Hackett, Big Big Train, The People Versus, Admiral Fallow, Dave Matthews Band.
🎧 Following: Radar by nexxworks, Emergency Awesome, Nerdrotic, UnchartedX, Acquaholic, eSysman Super Yachts
📺 Watching: Foundation (Season 2), Silo (Season 1), The Elon Musk Show, The House of Dragons, The Worst Person in the World, Everything Everywhere At Once, Dune, The Mandalorian, Succession, Oppenheimer, Mission Impossible 7.1
🧐 Enthusing: The Italians, London, Business Books, The Pig, Groundhog Day, Hockney, Progressive Rock, NRL, Science Fiction, NZ Sauvignon, Obelisks, Space X, Cathedrals,
😷 Rediscovering: The Union Club, Home House, Proms, Dining, Live Gigs, Festivals, Eagles, Foo Fighters
✈️ Traveling: Denmark 2025, Rome 2025, Australia, June 2024, Copenhagen, Feb 2023 and 2024, Muscat, Oman, February 2024, Sorrento, June 2023, Florence April 2023, Liguria, June 2022, Rome, November 2021 ,Obelisks, Pasta and All' Antico Vinaio, Tonarello

Working

Currently: I produce the Senior Executive Programme (SEP), LBS’s flagship Exec Ed programme
Stripes: 20+ years live facilitation experience in the UK, Paris, Monaco, Geneva, Zurich, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York, Miami, San Francisco
Corner Office: Former Global CMO of HSBC Private Bank; Programme Director for Barclays UK Headquarters relocation in 2005
IP: The Organisational Advantage (and Survey), The Art of High Performance, The Perfect Product, I teach the WARPS method for Storytelling, GLUE
🎬 Credentials: Screenwriting moments include options for Leicester Square and The Vivid