New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- xxxxxxxxxx

So a glue-employee is one who gets the best out of a team. But here's the catch. In a fiercely competitive workplace, where top performers are rewarded while the rest are relegated to the 'better luck next time' bucket, the glue-player often gets shuffled in with the rest.

This can be a big mistake by managers who rose via the 'high performance at any cost' route and have had little training or inclination to appreciate someone who did not take this fast track.

I recalled a former colleague who fit the mould of a glue-player as if it were made for him. A good performer and dependable colleague, he helped many of us out of professional ruts that came more frequently than we had expected. At the end of ma...