John Dore - keynote speaker
"Your presence and style in the session is right up there in the top 5, if not - the top".... UK client, Jan' 2025. | "Incredible, inspiring!" Denmark Conference, Jan' 2025 | "Thanks again for today - excellent and the team were buzzing!" Luxembourg 2024. | "5.0! Wow, what a session!" Northampton, 2023. |
"Your presence and style in the session is right up there in the top 5, if not - the top".... UK client, Jan' 2025. | "Incredible, inspiring!" Denmark Conference, Jan' 2025 | "Thanks again for today - excellent and the team were buzzing!" Luxembourg 2024. | "5.0! Wow, what a session!" Northampton, 2023. |
I deliver inspiring keynotes that create an organisational advantage by transforming the way you think about leadership.
If you would like to find out more, contact info@waveyourarms.com
To book: call + 44 (0) 203 4887640
Award-winning, best-selling author
Director of the FT #2 globally ranked executive course
Engaged thousands of leaders around the world
Will transform the way you think about leadership
Creator of The Organisational Advantage™
Dislocation, disconnection, separation, isolation, desperation. No, not the lyrics from a dreary U2 song, but the stark reality of working life for far too many. Being a leader has never been more challenging. Remote, hybrid, and flexible working arrangements have become the new normal. Despite the best efforts of organisations, being apart is more popular than ever. We inhabit a world that has never been technologically more connected, yet all social trends point to a heightened sense of disconnection among people, communities, and organisations. Multi-generational colleagues coalesce with differing perspectives, needs, and motivations. Constant change and disruption are the new normal. Amidst flatlining productivity, declining engagement, and poor retention, we need a new form of leadership for the way we now work and live our lives.
Based on over twenty years of experience working with thousands of leaders from hundreds of organisations from dozens of countries, I challenge audiences to transform their thinking about leadership. The keys to success in leading are often counter-intuitive. I show how:
Listening is your leadership superpower
You don’t know your most valuable people.
Your unusual self is your most significant asset.
Your most important role is to create cohesion.
Self-determination is your secret weapon.
My approach approach is shared with wit, wisdom, and warm humour. I relish the blessings and banality of work, with stories exploring the new realities and absurdities of leading in a hybrid working world. Based on my bestselling and award-winning book GLUE: Transforming Leadership in a Hybrid World, I deliver entertaining and provocative talks about the future of leadership, challenging audiences to consider: what if everything you know about leadership is wrong?
If you would like to find out more, contact info@waveyourarms.com
Speaking in London, Denmark, Oman, Singapore, Shanghai and Geneva.
THE ORGANISATIONAL ADVANTAGE™
The book GLUE is based upon a simple, but powerful model called The Organisational Advantage™. The creation of a competitive advantage for a firm comes through generating new ideas and innovation and thereby boosting productivity. But this only happens when leaders actively seek to harness organisational “glue”. It is also possible to measure that glue in your organisation, using a tool called ‘The Organisational Advantage’ survey.
SPEAKING, PRESENTING and TEACHING
I speak at conferences, events, off-sites and thought-leadership forums on various topics including the future of work, leadership transformation, hybrid work, the organisational advantage, and the concept and application of glue. The format can be a keynote, or longer form exploratory talks and teaching, using interactive elements and rich media. The content and approach can be tailored to your audience and goals, but the impact never changes!
WORKSHOP FACILITATION
I design, produce and facilitate engaging and thought provoking workshops for leadership teams, talented cohorts for organisations seeking a boost to their creativity, collaboration, or cohesion around their strategy, propose and impact. The approach, format and design is always bespoke to the needs and goal of the group.
THE ART OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
The Art of High Performance is a flagship creative programme - events built around enhancing and encouraging creativity and innovation in the workplace. The sessions are highly experiential. We even run an exercise where teams recreate a Masterpiece in under 45 minutes. (See below for a glimpse).
FEEDBACK - SOME THINGS TO MAKE US BLUSH:
“Thank you so very much. I’ve heard nothing but high praise for your session from the participants. Not only was the content fresh and thoughtfully done, you also made it come alive in a dramatic way. You truly are a terrific story teller. And we are all grateful.” Academic Director, Business School
“Thanks again for today - excellent and the team were buzzing! You did a great job facilitating which kept energy levels high.” Marketing Director, Global Bank
“I went to an offsite organised and run by John and I can tell you it was excellent. John put all of the ideas into practice, which resulted in the best and most productive offsite I have been to... John himself is a superb facilitator, who kept things moving at the right pace, so attention and concentration never flagged.” Compliance Director, International Bank
“I’ve seen your facilitation in action and it works!” Client Services Director
“I wanted to personally thank the both of you for your contributions to the 2015 Senior Leaders Conference. Overall, the conference was a fantastic success and this is reflected in the excellent overall rating.” CEO, Major International PLC
“Thanks again for today - excellent and the team were buzzing! You did a great job facilitating which kept energy levels high.” Director of Marketing, EMEA