Why do some companies buzz with innovation - and others don't?

The answer, according to Lynda Gratton, is the Hot Spot. The Hot Spot is the hallmark of most successful companies and is ignited by teams of inspirational people who know that if they work together they can achieve something brilliant, important and purposeful.

Find out more about Hot Spots and how they energise companies from Lynda who will be speaking at the Driving Performance Through People breakfast seminar, organised jointly by the ESRC and the Human Resources Management Learning Board, King's College, London on Friday March 14th 2008.

Lynda's book Hot Spots - why some teams, workplaces and organisations buzz with energy and others don't, was listed in the Financial Times Best Business Books of 2007 and The Times has ranked Lynda as the 19th most influential business thinker in the world.

She will be joined at the seminar by Professor David Guest who will consider the contemporary HR function in the light of his extensive research into the relationship between HR management and performance.

People are a company's most important asset but the role of HR is changing. This seminar will provide an insight into innovative management techniques, which will help businesses to develop people-centred HR strategies, which will harness the right people with the right skills to make the business grow.

There are still places to attend the Driving Performance Through People Seminar, free of charge, on Friday 14 March at The River Room, King's College, Strand Campus London WC2R 2LS. The seminar starts at 8 am and will run until 10 am, with breakfast provided.

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