LYNDA GRATTON
FUTURE OF WORK EXPERT GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON HR, PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AT LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL. LEADER OF THE FUTURE OF WORK RESEARCH CONSORTIUM.
LYNDA GRATTON
Professor Lynda Gratton is the global thought-leader on the future of work. Based on thirty years of research into the technological, demographic, cultural and societal trends that are shaping work, and building on what we learnt through our experiences of the global pandemic, Lynda Gratton talks about her innovative four step framework for redesigning work that will help you and your employees.
For Lynda Gratton’s full Bio see below.
Topics:
- Leadership and Purpose – What is the role of the company and the leader in this changing world?
- Corporate Resilience
- The Future of Work – What is the future of work and how do companies and individuals prepare?
- The Hundred Year Life – Today we’re living and working for longer — but few organisations fully understand the opportunities and challenges that come with greater longevity.
- Collaboration, Cooperation and Innovation – How can innovation and collaboration flourish?
- People Strategy – How do you put people at the heart of corporate purpose?
These are topics that have proven valuable to customers in the past and are meant only to suggest Lynda’s range and interests. Lynda researches each and every company he speaks to and for and the final topic is always finalised that works best for the needs of the audience.
Media:
Friendship in the workplace: It’s lonely at the top
Holding the line in the world of hybrid work
Companies & Projects:
Founder of the global research advisory practice HSM Advisory.
Books:
Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organisation and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone
The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
BIOGRAPHY
Lynda Gratton is a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School where she directs ‘Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Companies’, considered the world’s leading programme on human resources. Lynda is the founder of the advisory practice HSM and since 2008 has led the Future of Work Research Consortium which has brought together executives from more than 100 companies.
Over the last 20 years Lynda has written extensively about the interface between people and organisations. Her ten books cover the link between business and HR strategy (‘Living Strategy’), the new ways of working (‘The Democratic Enterprise’), the rise of complex collaboration (‘Hot Spots’ and ‘Glow’) and the impact of a changing world on employment and work (‘The Shift’ and co-authored ‘The 100-Year Life’ and ‘The New Long Life’ with Andrew Scott).
In 2012, ‘The Shift’ received the business book of the year award in Japan and has been translated into more than 15 languages. In 2015, ‘The Key’ won the CMI Management Book of the Year. In 2016, ‘The 100 Year Life’ was short listed for the FT Business Book of the Year award, and became one of the best-selling books in Japan.
In 2020, Lynda and Andrew published ‘The New Long Life – a framework for flourishing in a changing world’. Lynda is a regular columnist for MIT Sloan Management Review and has written for a range of press including the Financial Times and the Sunday Times.
During March, Lynda’s new book ‘Redesigning Work – how to transform your organization and make hybrid work for everyone’ was released.
Lynda’s work has been acknowledged globally – she has won the Tata prize in India; in the US she has been named as the annual Fellow of NAHR and won the CCL prize; whilst in Australia she has won the AHRI prize; she has received the Best Teacher Award at London Business School. Lynda is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and chaired the WEF Council of Leadership. She has served on Prime Minister Abe’s “Council for designing the 100-year-life society” and is currently a member of the international advisory board of Equinor.
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