Future of work thought leader.
Writer, speaker, influencer.
Hello. I’m Professor Lynda Gratton. As well as an award-winning thought leader, writer and speaker, I am the founder of the global research advisory practice HSM Advisory.
As Professor of Management Practice at London Business School, I teach executives and MBA students about the future of work. I have also written a number of books and articles which share my insights and learnings from across my career.
Books
Highlights of my work
Managers Can’t Do It All
In recent decades sweeping reengineering, digitization, and agile initiatives—and lately the move to remote work—have dramatically transformed the role of managers.
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The ticking time bomb of working families
Working families and the household decrease in unpaid time during a week are a ticking time bomb.
Read MoreHow to Do Hybrid Right
If leaders and managers can successfully make the transition to an anywhere, anytime model, the result will be work lives that are more purposeful and productive.
Read MoreThe Future of Work
As a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School, I designed the ‘Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Companies’ programme and have since led it for over 20 years. It is considered one of the world’s leading programmes on people and organisations.
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The Times
The ticking time bomb of working families
Working families and the household decrease in unpaid time during a week are a ticking time bomb. Over the last 80 years, families have seen a shift in the balance of their household paid/unpaid ratios, reducing available time for the non-work aspect…
Read MoreMIT Sloan Management Review
Why You Should Make Friends at Work
It is important that we acknowledge the potential for complexity in work-based friendships. The power differentials in work friendships can create complications. And while all relationships are to some extent transactional, working relationships are …
Read MoreThe Times
What we can learn from the battle over hybrid working
During the pandemic an unfreeze in the ways of working took place. Our traditional assumptions were questioned; new skills were learnt; and new attitudes developed. For more than half of workers the workplace became the home, and time became more fle…
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