Nicos Rossides is an accomplished CEO and management consultant. While running his own consultancy and acting as CEO of CREF Business Ventures (associated with the Cyprus Institute), he also serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of DigitalMR, a London-based digital marketing insights firm, which he co-founded. He is also joint owner of MASMI Research Group, an international marketing insights agency with head offices in London. Dr. Rossides is the author of a book on Japanese culture and is a frequent speaker on business and management topics, especially employee engagement, entrepreneurship, and bridging the academic-practitioner gap. He studied in the United States as a Fulbright scholar, holds a doctorate in engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, and received his senior management training from MIT's Sloan School.

Part A: The "What" and "So What" of Employee Engagement 1. Introduction 2. The Evolution and Importance of Work 3. The Future of Work and the AI-Powered Revolution 4. The Human Side of Management 5. The Emergence of New Managerial Paradigms 6. Building Engagement: An Integrative Framework 7. Academic and Practitioner Perspectives on Engagement 8. Relevant Theoretical Frameworks 9. Research on the Drivers of Engagement 10. Research on the Consequences of Engagement 11. The Dysfunctions of Disengagement Part B: The "Now What" Around Engagement: A Practitioner Focus 12. Implications for Managers 13. Building Managerial Competencies 14. Practitioner Toolkits for Measuring and Managing Engagement 15. The 'Now What' of Engagement: Structuring the Process 16. The Importance of Context 17. Engagement Interventions and Strategies 18. Epilogue