""What's the real secret to being a stand-out leader? It's about the feeling that you trigger in another human being, he said-specifically the feeling that there's a new and better future. "The emotional response that we have when we interact with somebody is what causes us to want to follow them," Levy said. "It's not based on qualifications or experience or capabilities. They don't have to even be honest, which is super frustrating, because it's an emotional response.""
"Such hires should be made sparingly, he argues, since teams more than half filled with these ambitious and energetic players tend to massively underperform, his research has found. "The reason is self-interest and egos," Levy said. "What you actually need are players called 'glue' players that focus on the team connecting and functioning. They work as a multiplier that make everybody else perform at multiple of their normal beh"
Conventional leadership traits like courage, creativity, and resilience do not reliably produce followership. Followership is driven primarily by the emotional response a person elicits, especially a sense that following them will lead to a new and better future. Qualifications, experience, and capabilities matter less for followability than the feelings someone triggers. Team performance suffers when leaders overload teams with too many ambitious "superstar" hires because self-interest and ego undermine collaboration. Teams perform best when they include "glue" players who connect members, enable coordination, and multiply the productivity of others.
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