HOW WILL YOU STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE?
LEARN TO GLOW
Some people just Glow. They radiate enthusiasm, positive energy and inspiration
in their own work and they excite and ignite other people. These are the people who get to
work on the exciting projects, who are always in demand, who stay ahead of the curve and
create real added value in today’s increasingly competitive world.
Wouldn’t you like to Glow too? Well, now you can! In this engagingly written and
highly practical book, Lynda Gratton shows you the three core principles that will enable
you to become indispensable in your job. And she gives you nine concrete actions – that
you can start today – to help you develop the key skills, habits and choices you need to
Glow. Once you’re glowing, things start happening.
In this beguilingly straightforward but insightful book, Lynda Gratton reveals
the secrets of people who Glow at work and shows you how you can Glow too. She guides you
through the three core principles, showing you how:
- you can develop a co-operative mindset
- you can reach across traditional boundaries and build valuable networks in
new, constructive ways
- you can ignite inspiration, innovation and energy in yourself and others
Glow shows you how to be more innovative, more collaborative, better connected
– in other words, more valuable in what you do and, as a result, more sought after –
without working yourself into the ground.
To help you hone in on exactly where you should focus your efforts, throughout
the book Glow coaches you through a simple diagnostic profile to help you understand your
own capabilities and those of your team and your organisation. It also includes handy
checklists and tools to measure your progress and to help you Glow.
GLOW – BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO BE STUCK IN THE BIG FREEZE
Lynda serves as Professor of Management Practice at the London
Business School and is the founder of the Hot Spot Movement. She has written six books and
many academic articles. Her books have been translated into over 15 languages and are seen
as seminal pieces in the field of corporate and individual development.
Over the last decade Lynda has been profiled in numerous magazines including Personnel
Today, The Guardian and the Financial Times. In 2007 Human Resources Magazine ranked her
as one of the top two most influential people of the profession and she has twice been
named by The Times as one of the world’s top business thinkers. Over the last five years
Lynda has taken her message about energy and innovation to conferences around the world
– including Australia, Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, the
Netherlands, Singapore, and the USA.
Lynda lives in London and Spain with her two sons. To learn more about Glow and the
profiles and tools that support it go to www.hotspotsmovement.com.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The secrets of Glowing
Chapter 2: Your Glow resources
Chapter 3: The first principle: A Cooperative Mindset
Chapter 4: Stories about the warmth of cooperation and the Big Freeze
Chapter 5: Action 1: Developing the daily habits of cooperation
Chapter 6: Action 2: Mastering the art of great conversation
Chapter 7: Action 3: Acting on the ‘smell of the place’
Chapter 8: The second principle: Jumping across worlds
Chapter 9: Chocolate stories and connection different worlds
Chapter 10: Action 4: Increasing the value of your networks
Chapter 11: Action 5: Jumping out of the boundaries that constrain you
Chapter 12: Action 6: Finding and moving to boundaryless places
Chapter 13: The third principle: Igniting latent energy
Chapter 14: Action 7: Asking questions that spark energy
Chapter 15: Action 8: Creating visions that compel
Chapter 16: Action 9: Crafting meaningful and exciting work
Chapter 17: Glowing every week
Recommended reading
About the author
About the Hot Spots Movement
Index
248 pages, Paperback