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The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their Employees, Retain Talent, and Drive Performance
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Sales rank 30,051
Customers rating (based on 37 reviews)
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LEAD WITH CARROTS, NOT STICKS The Carrot Principle reveals the groundbreaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever undertaken, showing definitively that the most successful managers provide their employees with frequent and effective recognition. Drawing on case studies from leading companies including Disney, DHL, KPMG and Pepsi Bottling Group, bestselling authors Gostick and Elton show how the transformative power of purposebased recognition produces astonishing results. And they show how great managers motivate employees to excel by offering constructive praise and meaningful rewards, and in doing so achieve higher: - Productivity
- Engagement
- Retention
- Customer satisfaction
This exceptional program, sure to become a modern-day classic, presents the simple steps to becoming a Carrot Principle manager and to building a recognition culture in your organization. Following these simple steps will make you a high performance leader and take your team to a new level of achievement.
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| Publisher | Free Press | | Release date | 01/2007 | | Availability | | | Edition | Hardcover |
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 Smart Lemming Review: a Must-Have Book for Middle Managers, Leaders, and Knowledge Workers
The Carrot Principle is a "soup to nuts" management system providing the fundamentals of the Basic Four of Leadership model and leadership acceleration application. For skeptical managers who don't believe in rewarding employees, this book will change your mind and management style.
Managers and leaders should buy this book to learn how to educate and motivate their workers to achieve desired goals. Knowledge workers should buy this book to discover what they may be missing in their current work relationship with their managers and leaders.
 Being Appreciated and Heard Make a Difference
Some ideas need to be shared over and over. So it is with this book. It is like a refresher course in being civil.
What I have learned in my years as an executive is that at the core people want and need two things, at home and at work. Everyone wants and needs to be heard and appreciated.
This book keeps us aware of the idea that engaging and appreciating employees is simply good business. Acknowledging employees may not solve all of the problems and tensions at work yet,it is like offering folks a cool lemonade on a hot day. It helps and so does this book.
Sylvia Lafair, author "Don't Bring It to Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success"
Uncommonly Good Common Sense
As a strong believer in the "K.I.S.S." approach to business---"Keep it simple, stupid"---I like the simplicity of how businesses should go about motivating its employees to maximize productivity.
To me, this is simple common sense; however, these days, anyone displaying that trait is almost considered to be an oddball; a maverick, bucking the system, and maybe even jeopardizing their career.
The truth of the matter is, managers who are able to engage their employees in the process of maximizing their output are the ones who will be the most successful in the long run. The organization stands to benefit from that process, too. With employees loving their jobs and doing great work, an environment for success means a strong bottom line; and everybody wins under that scenario.
Are the findings in this book rocket science? No, but as we've known for quite some time, anyone possessing a little common sense these days is an uncommon sight in the business world; however, let's hope this trend continues.
Great Book on Managing People
Before I retired as a CEO, I spent 25 years managing people using the principles in this book. Here's why! They work.
Our company had less than 1% turnover per year, our customer satisfaction surveys were the highest in the industry and our net profits were untouchable by anyone else in the business. We had happy employees, so they loved coming to work and making the customers happy.
There are a lot of CEO's who are well educated morons and don't get it. Look how many companies have nearly destroyed themselves or lost their leadership positions because they ran the company using a 2 foot thick employee manual, and then tried everything they could to cut every cost they could find. As the cost went down and the rules went up, the employees started hating the place, and not long after the customers started hating it too. That's always good for business.
Read this book. Give it to every VP and CEO, you can meet in your company. Pay for the books yourself. Give them as gifts and in a couple of years you'll get a huge return on your investment, and you may even start to like the place where you work.
I love it when I hear other CEO's say, "Well, the employees are lucky to have a job. Why should we do that!" Because you moron, you don't want to have your customers say, "I sure wish I could buy this somewhere else!" The employees are sure lucky to have you for a CEO.
Just in Time Inventory, my as* !
Try, just in time happy employee. You'll get more out of that.
Awesome Book - a must read for anyone who deals with people
This book gets to the underlying problem (and the solution) in our world today. We have to put service before self, and others first. When we sincerly care about others, loving each other as commanded, anything is possible.
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