Hot spots [electronic resource] : why some teams, workplaces, and organizations buzz with energy-- and others don't by Gratton, Lynda instant download

Hot spots [electronic resource] : why some teams, workplaces, and organizations buzz with energy-- and others don't by Gratton, Lynda instant download

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index, Introduction : elements for creating hot spots -- Generating extraordinary energy -- Hot spots burning bright across the world -- The first element : a cooperative mindset -- The second element : boundary spanning -- The third element : the igniting purpose -- The fourth element : productive capacity -- The leader's role in hot spots -- Designing for the emergence of hot spots -- Appendix A : resources for creating hot spots -- Appendix B : background to the research on hot spots -- Appendix C : Methodology of the hot spots research, Print version record, You always know when you are in a Hot Spot. You feel energized and vibrantly alive. Your brain is buzzing with ideas, and the people around you share your joy and excitement. Things you've always known become clearer, adding value becomes more possible. Ideas and insights from others miraculously combine with your own to create new thinking and innovation. When Hot Spots arise in and between companies, they provide energy for exploiting and applying knowledge that is already known and genuinely exploring what was previously unknown. Hot Spots are marvelous creators of value for organizations and wonderful, life-enhancing phenomena for each of us. Lynda Gratton has spent more than ten years investigating Hot Spots--discovering how they emerge and how organizations can create environments where they will proliferate and thrive. She has studied dozens of companies and talked to hundreds of employees, managers, and executives in the US, Europe, and Asia. She has asked the important questions: Why and when do Hot Spots emerge? What is it about certain groups of people that support the emergence of Hot Spots? What role do leaders play? She's discovered a host of elements that together contribute to the emergence of Hot Spots--creating energy and excitement, and supporting and channeling that energy into productive outcomes. In this groundbreaking book,…