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Lynda GRATTON

2009 ranking: 18

Lynda Gratton

Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School. She is considered one of the world's authorities on people in organizations and actively advises companies across the world. Professor Gratton's book Living Strategy, originally published in 2000, has been translated into more than 15 languages and rated by US CEOs as one of the most important books of the year. Her more recent book, The Democratic Enterprise, was described by Financial Times as a work of important scholarship. Her article "Integrating the Enterprise," which examined cooperative strategies, was awarded the MIT Sloan Management Review best article of the year in 2002. Her case study of BP's peer assist integration practices won the 2005 ECC best strategy case of the year award. Her latest book, published in 2007 is Hot Spots - why some teams, workplaces and organizations buzz with energy and others don't. In 2005 Lynda was appointed the Director of the Lehman Centre Women in Business.

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