Alan Okros has a professional and academic career spanning 47 years. As a military human resources (HR) professional, he has extensive experience developing HR policies, programs and processes. As a military researcher, he has conducted conceptual and applied research across a wide range of personnel issues with over 50 internal military research reports. He also led a team that produced a comprehensive overhaul of the Canadian military approach to leadership and has shared this work with military, government and corporate leaders across Canada and in over 20 countries. As an academic, he has published volumes, book chapters and journal articles as well as conference papers on personnel issues including diversity, youth cohort analyses and leadership topics. As a faculty member, he teaches graduate level strategic leadership to senior military and public service leaders from Canada and a range of international militaries.
This volume is the product of a three-year research project involving 35 scientists, academics and graduate students; the fourth time Dr Okros has led a large, multi-disciplinary team.