Transforming Engagement, Happiness and Well-Being

This book aims to help leaders maximise the engagement of employees and citizens by exploring the impact of a process of active enthusiasm (PACE). Engagement of employees has long been recognised as a key factor for organisational and national success. Yet, worldwide, engagement levels languish at only 25%. Providing a practical model, developed from in-depth global research, the authors show that engagement is continuous and cannot be assessed by annual surveys. Instead it demonstrates that it is specific to individuals and will only increase if employee perceptions are improved. Readers will discover how the PACE process model can be used to maximise employee engagement through the modification of primary causal factors, and consequently generate direct outputs such as increased productivity and reduced absenteeism. Transforming Engagement and Wellbeing provides an invaluable set of tools to help leaders enthuse their people and to improve individuals' optimism and propensity for engagement, making it essential reading for academics interested in human resource management, as well as managers, leaders and policy-makers.

Draws on positive psychology to provide straightforward tools that help people improve their own optimism and propensity for engagement Enables the reader to compare the cost/benefit of different potential interventions to improve engagement Provides assessment frameworks to accompany in-house workshops Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
William Scott-Jackson is the Chairman of Oxford Strategic Consulting and a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, UK. He is recognised as a leading researcher, writer and presenter on human capital, with specific interests in talent and capability development in the Arab world as well as the West.
Andrew Mayo is Professor of Human Capital Management at Middlesex Business School, UK. His background includes 30 years in international corporations and 15 years directing leadership programmes at London Business School, UK. Andrew's particular interest lies in Strategic HRM, HR analytics and performance. He has authored 6 books and numerous articles.

Inhalt

1. Engagement, Happiness and Well-Being - Why Bother?.- 2. What are Engagement, Happiness and Well-Being?.- 3.PACE: The Process of Active Committed Enthusiasm.- 4. How to Maximise Individual Propensity for Active Committed Enthusiasm.- 5. The Effect of Leaders on Engagement and Well-Being.- 6. Transforming Well-Being and Engagement: A Toolkit.- 7. End Note: The Case of Dubai.