
Grace Lordan
BIO
Dr Grace Lordan is an economist and a labour market skills expert. She is an author, the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative, and an Associate Professor at LSE.
Language(s)
English
Areas of expertise
- Inclusive leadership
- Success
- Effective decision making
- Future of work
- Behavioural science
- Bias
- Skills
- Resilience
- Groupthink
- Diversity and inclusion
- Women’s progress in the labour market
Profile
Dr Grace Lordan is the author of Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want. Grace is also the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative and an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Grace is an economist and a labour market skills expert.
Grace is an expert on inclusive leadership, the causes of success, the future of work, productivity through diversity and women’s progress in the labour market.
Grace served as an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on their skills and productivity board. Grace is the principal investigator for the £2 million ESRC funded Diversity and Productivity from Education to Work (DAPEW) project. Her academic writings have been published in top international journals and she has written for the Financial Times, Fortune, Fast Company, MIT Sloan Management Review , Reuters and Harvard Business Review. Grace is a regular speaker and advisor to the world’s largest organizations, in addition to private equity firms and family business.
Types of Engagement
Videos
Recent Appearances
Video: "Can the ‘back-to-work’ budget boost economic growth in the UK?" | Aljazeera (March 2023)
Podcast: "How to get pay rise in 2023" | Yahoo!, The Leader (December 2022)
Podcast: "How 'at risk' is my money?" | Evening Standard, The leader (December 2022)
Podcast: "In Conversation With Grace Lordan" | Future of Work Hub (September 2022)
Podcast: "Energy Management - Mind & Body" | Psychological Fitness: What it Takes (October 2022)
Event: "Stuck in the middle: How to go from manager to leader" | FT Live (June 2022)
Video: "The Power of Regret, with Daniel Pink" | LSE Event (September 2022)
Video: "How to Future Proof Your Career" | LSE Festival Skills Online Event (June 2022)
Video: "Measuring the 'S' in ESG" | LSE Online Event (June 2022)
Video: "Inclusion of Global Talent" | LSE Online Event (May 2022)
Video: "Think Big For Career Success | Dr Grace Lordan" | Kick-off Sessions Podcast #91 (May 2022)
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