A look at the future of employment explores five forces that will fundamentally change the nature of work in the next ten to fifteen years and discusses three key shifts that individuals can make to prepare themselves for this fast-moving work world.

The Shift: The Future of Work Is Already Here

Business & Money

Gratton, Lynda

Business Culture

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

An unhysterical look at the future of employment. We are now facing a revolution in the way we work. A substantial schism in the past which is so great that the work we do will change – possibly so that in two decades our working lives will have been so REWORKED that they are unrecognisable. This is not just about the impact that a low carbon enonomy will have on the way we work. It is also about how the nexus of technology and globalisation will work together with demographic and societal changes to fundamentally transform much of what we take for granted about work. Why will things change so quickly? What will these changes look like? Who will benefit and who will suffer? How do we navigate our career through these times? Lynda Gratton, Professor at London Business School, is the perfect person to answer these questions. For the past three years she has worked with companies around the world to draw up a picture of the Future of Work. In this book Professor Gratton looks at the forces which are changing how we work; explains the potential impact on our future working life; and gives us guidelines on how to thrive in a REWORKED world.

The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here

HarperCollins Business

Climate change. Income inequality. World poverty. 
Who can solve these global problems? Corporations. Never before have corporations been so large, so wealthy, so powerful, and so rich in human creativity and endeavor. Organizational change expert Professor Lynda Gratton shows that it is now critical that these corporations step up to play a more positive role in the world by building inner resilience, actively anchoring themselves in their communities and supply chains, and leveraging their unique capabilities to address complex global challenges such as climate change and youth unemployment. In The Key, Gratton maps out how bringing resilience to a fragile world starts with what happens inside a corporation―when intelligence and wisdom are amplified, emotional vitality enhanced, and social connections harnessed. She explains how corporations can leverage this inner resilience to help solve global problems and how a corporation’s unique innovative, scaling and mobilizing, and alliance building capabilities―are some of the tools for combating global ills. Both realistic and optimistic, The Key is a practical guide that provides the rationale, strategies, and tools you need to not only spearhead resilience for your own company but also how to use this resilience to contribute to the betterment of the world. Building on her unique research base, Gratton provides insights from more than 20 companies from across the world including Vodafone, Unilever, Tata Consulting Services, and Natura to illustrate the very real benefits of aligning organizational interests with those of the world. “To create a good future,” Gratton writes, “it is crucial that those who lead corporations become increasingly transparent about their actions and intentions and see themselves as part of the wider world they inhabit.” The world’s business leaders must make a decision: Either connect your company’s interests with those of the world at large―or watch these separate interests crash into each other. You have the resources to save the world. Gratton provides The Key. Praise for The Key “The Key offers a novel perspective on the emerging role of corporations in society. Leadership expert Lynda Gratton offers practical insights for unlocking the hidden resources in organizations and using them to bring resilience to a fragile world.” ―Adam Grant, Wharton Professor and bestselling author of Give and Take “Gratton has again given us a lens into a brighter future. With prescience and insight, she has offered a way to resolve some of the most serious challenges of our complex world. Her ideas are a call to arms and a commitment to action that will benefit individuals, organizations, and communities.” ―Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and Partner, the RBL Group “Contrary to Hollywood stereotypes, big corporations can be a force for good. The Key helps to explain why that is so and how business leaders can be part of the vanguard.” ―Gavin Patterson, CEO, BT Group “In this important book, Gratton shows how companies can both build resilience for the future and make a positive difference in the world.” ―Martin Gilbert, CEO, Aberdeen Asset Management “In order to achieve ongoing growth, executive leaders must not only reinvent themselves and their businesses but must also continually ask what role their corporation will play as a force for the common good. The Key shows, in a groundbreaking way, how the bridge between the two can be built.” ―Robert Kovach, PhD, Global Executive Talent, Cisco “This inspiring book takes the discussion about corporate social responsibility to a new level by clearly describing what it takes for leaders and employees to collectively make the corporation a force for good in the world.” ―Diana C. Robertson, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

The Key: How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World's Toughest Problems

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

Strategic Human Resource Management: Corporate Rhetoric and Human Reality

Life is tough in organizations, both for managers and the managed. Based on close collaboration with a number of high profile organizations such as B.T., Citibank, Hewlett Packard, and Kraft Jacobs, this book sheds light on the organizational responses to large scale changes and details the changing demands made of employees in the process. It goes beyond fashionable management rhetoric to uncover the reality of human resource management.

Truss, Catherine

Stiles, Philip

Hope-Hailey, Veronica

Oxford University Press

Life is tough in organizations, both for managers and the managed. Based on close collaboration with a number of high profile organizations such as BT, Citibank, Hewlett Packard, and Kraft Jacobs, this book sheds light on the organizational responses to large scale changes and details the changing demands made of employees in the process. It goes beyond fashionable management rhetoric to uncover the reality of human resource management.

The Exceptional Manager: Making the Difference

Most businesses face the choice of either competing on the 'low road' of cost, or the 'high road' of innovation and value. Much the same goes for national economies and the UK is no exception. But how do businesses - and the people who manage them - go beyond the policy prescription and the easy exhortation to make that shift, to manage change and go well beyond business as usual? This ground-breaking book - the combined insight of some of the best minds in management, grouped together in the Advanced Institute of Management Research - does just that. It presents a clear and crisp analysis of the context and the challenge; and offers managers a range of ideas on how to develop the competences, practices and values that can make a difference. It is essential reading for policy makers, analysts, academics, and managers to be who want to make a different future.

JOHNSON, Gerry

Delbridge, Rick

The AIM Fellows

How do businesses go beyond the prescriptive policies and make the shift from the "low road" of cost to the "high road" of innovation and value? This ground-breaking book, the combined insight of some of the best minds in management, presents a clear analysis of the context and the challenges and offers managers and consultants a range of ideas that could take their companies well beyond "business as usual."

We are experiencing the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century. So, how do we make the most of this unique opportunity and radically redesign the way we work - forever?\nProfessor 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 presents her innovative four step framework for redesigning work that will help you:\nUnderstand the challenges your business is facing 
Reimagine creative, new approaches and processes 
Model and Test these within your organisation 
Act and Create based on contemporary, data-led feedback\nWhether you're working in a small team or running a multinational, this is the time to make lasting change and equip your business for the future. Redesigning Work is the definitive book on how to transform your organisation and make hybrid working work for you. It will help your team embrace change, increase productivity and thrive in our new, more flexible working world.

Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organisation and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone

Penguin Business

How do we make the most of the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century and radically redesign the way we work—forever?\nProfessor Lynda Gratton is the global thought-leader on the future of work. Drawing on thirty years of research into the technological, demographic, cultural, and societal trends that are shaping work and building on what we learned through our experiences of the pandemic, Gratton presents her innovative four-step framework for redesigning work that will help you: 
Understand your people and what drives performance Reimagine creative new ways to work Model and test these approaches within your organization Act and create to ensure your redesign has lasting benefits 
Gratton presents real-world case studies that show companies grappling with work challenges. These include the global bank HSBC, which built a multidisciplinary team to understand the employee experience; the Japanese technology company Fujitsu, which reimagined three kinds of “perfect” offices; and the Australian telecommunications company Telstra, which established new roles to coordinate work across the organization.\nWhether you’re working in a small team or running a multinational, Redesigning Work is the definitive book on how to transform your organization and make hybrid working work for you.

Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone (Management on the Cutting Edge)

The MIT Press

(Pearson Education) Shows how and why to design strategies that have meaning and purpose for people. Argues that a management agenda is crucial and shares the three tenets of human organizational behavior.

Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose

Biography & History

Financial Times Management

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The Shift: The Future of Work Is Already Here

The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here

The Key: How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World's Toughest Problems

Strategic Human Resource Management: Corporate Rhetoric and Human Reality

Strategic Human Resource Management: Corporate Rhetoric and Human Reality

The Exceptional Manager: Making the Difference

The Exceptional Manager: Making the Difference

Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organisation and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone

Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone (Management on the Cutting Edge)

Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose