Lynda GrattonLynda Gratton was born in
Liverpool, England in 1955. She has a
degree in psychology and a
PhD from the
University of Liverpool. Her business career began at
British Airways where she held the position of
Chief Psychologist - then in 1982 she moved to the
management consultancy firm PA Consulting Group. She began her association with the
London Business School in 1989 where she is now
Professor of Management Practice.
CareerShe has written 7 books, all of which deal with people as the most important resource in any organization.
"Living Strategy" was received with great acclaim when it was published in 2000 with its central argument that motivated, bonded people are at the centre of every successful company.
"The Democratic Enterprise", was described by
The Financial Times as a work of important scholarship and her latest book
"The Shift" looks at the future of work and how our lives might look in a world where leaders can come from anywhere in the world and technology has taken over every job that can be automated.
Her articles have appeared in the
The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, the MIT Sloan Business Review and the
Financial Times.
She is the founder of the
Hot Spots Movement which bridges academic and
management practice. Her current research on the future of work involves more than 20 companies from across the world looking at developing organisational practices to support the new nature of work.
Gratton is currently consultant to a number of
major multi-national companies on their human resource strategy and is also working on a project with the
Singapore government.
She has been involved with a number of important research programmes into work life balance and women in management as part of her work with the
Centre for Women in Business at the London Business School.
AccoladesRanked by the
Times as one of the
top 20 business thinkers in the world and described by the
FT as the management guru most likely to impact on the future. She was also in the top two of the
Human Resources Magazine's "HR Top 100: Most Influential" poll, and was number one in
Human Resources Magazine's “Top 25 HR Most Influential UK Thinkers 2011” poll.
Her 2002 article
“Integrating the Enterprise,” looking at cooperative strategies, was awarded the
MIT Sloan Management Review best article of the year.
Praise for Lynda Gratton"One of Britain's leading lights in human resource strategy"
Financial Times "Lynda Gratton has captured, in a very profound way, the emerging realization of what truly matters in transforming businesses: people, purpose, and participation. In a word, democracy."
Niall FitzGerald, Chairman, Unilever