Center for Creative Leadership to Present 2011 Walt Ulmer Award to Professor Lynda Gratton

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Center for Creative Leadership to Present 2011

Walt Ulmer Award to Professor Lynda Gratton

PR Newswire

BRUSSELS, July 5, 2012

BRUSSELS

,

July 5, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) EMEA is pleased to announce that

Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at the London Business

School will receive the 2011 Walter F. Ulmer Jr Award for Applied Research at a

ceremony in

Brussels

on 17 July 2012. Established in honor of a former

president of CCL, the Ulmer Award recognizes leading business thinkers who

have an outstanding career in applied leadership research.

"Lynda Gratton has made remarkable contributions to the field of

leadership," said former CCL President Walter F. Ulmer Jr.

"It is a privilege

indeed for CCL and for me to interact with and learn from her."

In addition to her role at the London Business School, Professor Gratton is Chair

of the World Economic Forum's Council on Leadership. She has an active

research agenda focused on leadership, collaboration, and the future of work,

and is the author of six books on these topics.

As founder of the research-based consulting group The Hot Spots Movement

(hotspotsmovement.com), Professor Gratton provides advice to companies and

governments in

Asia

,

Europe

and the

USA

.

Professor Gratton writes extensively for the Financial Times, The Wall Street

Journal, Harvard Business Review and the MIT Sloan Business Review. She also

blogs for Fortune magazine and the London Business School and on her own

website: lyndagrattonfutureofwork.com. She is currently writing her new book,

which is scheduled for release in

May 2013

.

The Ulmer Award will be presented to Professor Gratton at a ceremony to be

held at CCL's new learning campus in

Brussels

on 17 July. Professor Gratton will

present a paper on her research before taking part in a video conference with

Walt Ulmer.

"Lynda Gratton is one of the world's most influential business thinkers, and her

work continues to break new ground in key areas of interest to CCL," said Rudi

Plettinx, VP and Managing Director, CCL EMEA. "We are delighted to present

this award to her."

Members of the media are encouraged to attend. Please RSVP to

[e-mail].

About the Center for Creative Leadership

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL

®

) is a top-ranked, global provider of

executive education that accelerates strategy and business results by unlocking

the leadership potential of individuals and organizations.