This book provides an evidence-based approach to understanding declining levels of employee engagement, offering a set of practices that individuals and organizations can adopt in order to improve productivity and organizational performance. It introduces a model outlining how the experience of meaningful work impacts engagement and other organizational attitudes and behaviors. It recognizes the antecedents and consequences of such behavior, recognizing that they must be considered as components of an organizational system rather than in isolation. It will be useful for scholars and practitioners in identifying and remedying the endemic trend of disconnected workers and their negative impact on organizational goals.

These Proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 11th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance held this year at the Military Academy, Lisbon, Portugal on the 12-13 November 2015 The Conference Chair is Major-General Joao Vieira Borges from and the Pro-gramme Chair is Lieutenant-Colonel Jose Carlos Dias Rouco, both from the Mili-tary Academy, Lisbon, Portugal. Keynote presentations are given by Colonel Nuno Lemos Pires from the Military Academy and Lt Col Paulo Fernando Viegas Nunes from the National Defence Institute, Lisbon, Portugal. The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to Management, Leadership and Governance to share their thinking and research findings. These fields of study are broadly described as including issues related to the management of the organisations' resources, the interface between senior management and the formal governance of the organi-sation. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intel-lectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice. With an initial submission of 163 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 64 Academic research Papers, 8 PhD Research Papers and 2 Masters research paper in these Conference Proceedings. These papers reflect the truly global nature of research in the area with contributions from Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Syria, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, UK, United Arab Emirates, USA."

Sustainable Leadership centers on a powerful metaphor of honeybee and locust behaviors, which illustrate two leadership philosophies with very different outcomes for a business and its viability. This engaging, insightful book provides evidence and a rationale for building a business case to change towards more sustainable practices.

This book focuses on the element of leadership that has largely been neglected in the literature: character. Often thought to be a subjective construct, the book demonstrates the concrete behaviors associated with different character dimensions in order to illustrate how these behaviors can be developed, and character strengthened. Based on research involving over 300 senior leaders from different industries, sectors and countries, Crossan, Seijts, and Gandz developed a model for leadership character that focuses on eleven dimensions. The book begins by setting the context for the focus on character in business, asking what character is and whether it can be learned, developed, molded or changed. Next, the book focuses on each dimension of leadership character in turn, exploring its elements and the ways in which it can be applied in a business setting. The book concludes with a summary of the key insights, an exploration of the interactions between the character dimensions, and a call to the reader to reflect on how to develop one’s own and others’ leadership character. Bridging theory and management practice, Developing Leadership Character will interest students and practitioners alike. Readers will benefit not only from a new, robust theoretical framework for leadership character, but will also learn how character can be developed further.

We are delighted to introduce the proceedings of the First edition of the 2019 European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) The International conference on business, law, and pedagogy (ICBLP 2019). The International conference on business, law, and pedagogy accepts the papers in the three thematic areas with multiple research approaches and methodologies. The conference provides a platform for wide-ranging issues, which captures contemporary developments in business, law and pedagogy within which a wide range of networking opportunities can be nurtured for the advancement of future research and global collaboration. This approach is now vital in research endeavours as business, law and pedagogy practices are increasingly prone to an era of cross-fertilization through meaningful multi-disciplinary collaborations We strongly believe that ICBLP conference provides a good forum for all researcher, developers and practitioners to discuss all science and technology aspects that are relevant to smart grids. We also expect that the future ICBLP 2019 conference will be as successful and stimulating, as indicated by the contributions presented in this volume.

Based on a systematic review of the literature on employee engagement, this report seeks to synthesise thinking and evidence.

Putting people first has always been the basis of our success. We believe that if we take care of our employees, they will take care of our customers and the business will take care of itself. Even after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, where we went from an occupancy rate of 75 to 5% overnight – where our hotels were empty of guests but full of staff – putting people first was the our priority. Instead of suffering massive layoffs, we implemented education programs, maintained health benefits, and did everything we could to get through the crisis with minimal negative impact on our people. In a business like ours, and I believe in any other sector, we simply cannot be successful unless people are truly committed and happy in their work. It is our commitment to create an environment where the unique contributions of our people are valued. I believe the fact that Marriott is consistently considered an employer of choice is the result of these efforts. Promoting a “people first” culture starts with leadership. Leaders must model the way. They must act, interact and engage with the people they lead in a way that makes people feel seen, heard and valued. In The Mind of the Leader, Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter provide a clear path to creating “people first” organizations. It requires leaders to be human first: to be mindful, selfless and compassionate, and in doing so, develop the qualities that enable engagement, fulfillment and meaning – which leads to greater business success. If we, as leaders, are attentive, we will know better what really matters to our people. We are more present, attentive and curious. It's not always easy, but I know the difference between being present with my people and when I'm not. I only have an impact when I am. If we, as leaders, are selfless, taking into account the bigger picture rather than our own selfish needs, we will model cultures of growth and learning. Bill Marriott, our executive chairman, even now in his eighties, always has his ear open. He is always seeking the perspective of others rather than blindly following his own beliefs and ideas. If we, as leaders, are compassionate, our people will know we are protected. As this book clearly describes, compassion is not soft and sentimental. It is concrete and practical. It's about doing the right thing, like putting a doctor on staff during the Depression. Again, if we truly care about our employees, they will truly care for our customers and the business will truly care for itself. In many ways, the principles in this book run counter to the number of businesses run. It inspires me and provides insights to further evolve our culture and put people first. And I believe that all leaders and other organizations will benefit greatly from its messages.