A Carrot A Day: A Daily Dose of Recognition for Your Employees

by Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton

Overview

Great managers praise effort and reward results.

It’s true, and nobody knows it better than the best-selling authors of Managing with Carrots and The 24-Carrot Manager, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. Now from these award-winning authors comes a one-a-day manager’s handbook on motivating employees through praise and recognition. A Carrot A Day can keep you away from recognition pitfalls and help you develop employees who are more focused, more committed, and more engaged in your noble cause. Read just one a day and you will become a better leaders – a manager who is able to tap the power of recognition to build a stronger workplace where employees focus on company goals, spot new opportunities faster, and have longer employment life spans (translation: lower turnover).

For more information, please visit the www.carrot books.com.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586855062
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Adrian Gostick is co-author of the bestselling The Integrity Advantage. An award-winning business author, Adrian also co-wrote the critically acclaimed business book The 24-Carrot Manager, called a “must read for modern-day managers” by Larry King. He has written for USA Today Magazine, Investor’s Business Daily and other national publications, and has been featured on CNBC, MSNBC and NPR. Adrian is director of corporate communication with the O.C. Tanner Company. Adrian has a master’s degree in strategic communication and leadership from Seton Hall, and is a guest lecturer on ethics at that university.

Chester Elton is co-author of the best-selling books Managing with Carrots and The 24-Carrot Manager. As a motivation expert, Chester has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and has been a guest on CNN, Bloomberg Television and on National Public Radio. A sought-after speaker and recognition consultant, Chester is VP of performance recognition with the O.C. Tanner Recognition Company. He has been a featured speaker at the HR Southwest, Incentive Magazine Forums, New York City Premium and Incentive Show, and Chicago Motivation Show.

Read an Excerpt

Managers and employers are constantly looking for the secret of "motivating their people." Therein lies the problem. You can''t motivate people — BUT you can set an example and create an environment where they will motivate themselves. And you can use "Carrot Power" to make this magic happen.

You can inspire them with carrots.

You can challenge them with carrots.

You can encourage them with carrots.

You can reward their efforts with carrots.

And you can celebrate their achievement with carrots.

:Carrots are good for you, Billy. They help you see better.” Everyone’s mother said that in an effort to get their children to eat more carrots. And she was right.Carrots are good for you. Fast forward thirty years, and carrots still play a major role in your health — or, should I say, your career health and your business health. Now instead of encouraging you to eat carrots, they’re dangled for you to grasp. Dangled just out of reach — just enough to“go for it!”Or better, they are offered as a reward for a job well done.

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