Hot Spots Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz with Energy # and Others Don't

by Gratton, Lynda

• ISBN13: 9781576754184
• ISBN10: 1576754189
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-11
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

World-renowned authority on business strategy and author of Living Strategy Lynda Gratton examines Hot Spots--places and times where cooperation flourishes, resulting in productivity and success beyond expectations--and shows how to develop these Hot Spots within our own environment.Gratton is one of only four women on the Financial Times list of the top 50 current business thinkers in the world. She is also the world's number-one strategic thinker, according to Strategic HR Management, the industry periodical. In Hot Spots she presents a simultaneously revolutionary and simple concept--one that not only holds massive potential for increasing productivity, cooperation and innovation, but is also easy to understand and very catchy.Through extensive research from industry leaders such as BP, Nokia, Linux and Goldman Sachs, Gratton illustrates how Hot Spots can be found anywhere that ideas converge, from corporations to coffee shops.

Author Biography

Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School.

Table of Contents

Introduction : elements for creating hot spots	p. 1
Generating extraordinary energy	p. 5
Hot spots burning bright across the world	p. 23
The first element : a cooperative mindset	p. 43
The second element : boundary spanning	p. 67
The third element : the igniting purpose	p. 101
The fourth element : productive capacity	p. 117
The leader's role in hot spots	p. 137
Designing for the emergence of hot spots	p. 151
Resources for creating hot spots	p. 173
Background to the research on hot spots	p. 187
Methodology of the hot spots research	p. 191
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