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The single most impactful thing hybrid leaders can do is to create "glue" in workplaces, by "sticking together, bonding and fusing talented people", a leadership expert says.

Leadership is not about leaders; employees are the "real beneficiaries" of leadership efforts, impact and influence, says London Business School director and author John Dore.

In his new book Glue: transforming leadership in a hybrid world, Dore says a leader's most important job is creating "glue", but this requires a different leadership approach, and demands a "peculiar combination of behaviours, which are rarely exhibited".

Particularly in a world of hybrid working, Dore says creating glue requires a "transformational response", involving four "pivotal" behaviours...