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Leadership·Apr 2026· 8 min read

Your most valuable employee is probably not on your radar.

Across 47 organisations we've analysed, the single highest-influence person is not in the C-suite 84% of the time. Here is who they tend to be — and why losing them is the most expensive mistake leaders rarely see coming.

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Élise Marchand
Head of Research, Bondweaver
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