The carrot principle
Subtitle: how the best managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance
By: Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
Contributors: Elton, Chester
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780743290098; 9781416544173
Subjects: Motivation; Job Satisfaction; Performance awards; Employee motivation; Incentive awards; Leadership; Employee Incentive Plans; Reward; Personnel Management
Description: Reveals how managers can increase their effectiveness through strategic communication, team-building, and goal-setting practices as exemplified by top executives from some of the world's most successful companies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1: The accelerator : how the best managers deliver extraordinary results. A missing ingredient ; The Basic Four of leadership ; Leadership accelerated ; Altruists and Expectors; title: Pt. 2: Carrot culture : how great organizations create world-class results. Creating a carrot culture ; Are they engaged and satisfied? ; The building blocks of a carrot culture ; Carrotphobia : why we don't recognize; title: Pt. 3: Managing by carrots : you can get there from here. The carrot calculator ; 125 recognition ideas; title: Conclusion: Sustaining the carrot principle; title: Appendix: Acceleration to business results ; The Jackson Organization's national employee database ; 2006 survey of 1,005 working adults ; Recognition ROI survey of 26,000 employees.