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The carrot principle : how the best managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance / Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton.

By: Gostick, Adrian Robert.
Contributor(s): Elton, Chester.
Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster, c2009Description: xiii, 235 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781847398789 (pbk.).Subject(s): Incentive awards | Performance awards | Employee motivationDDC classification: 658.3142
Contents:
Pt. 1: The accelerator : how the best managers deliver extraordinary results. A missing ingredient ; The Basic Four of leadership ; Leadership accelerated ; Altruists and Expectors -- 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 -- Pt. 3: Managing by carrots : you can get there from here. The carrot calculator ; 125 recognition ideas -- Conclusion: Sustaining the carrot principle -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1: The accelerator : how the best managers deliver extraordinary results. A missing ingredient ; The Basic Four of leadership ; Leadership accelerated ; Altruists and Expectors -- 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 -- Pt. 3: Managing by carrots : you can get there from here. The carrot calculator ; 125 recognition ideas -- Conclusion: Sustaining the carrot principle -- 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.