- ISBN13: 9781586855062
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Product Description
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, a… More >>
A Carrot a Day: A Daily Dose of Recognition for Your Employees
While I’m sure it has good intentions this book should truly be burned, buried, and then have the ground over which it lay salted so that it may never rise to torment humankind (or fellow office workers) again.
Unfortunately, this book encourages many a lonely 40-something secretary/cat-lady to email quotes to her fellow co-workers (who have better things to do mind) or add to the bottom of her email signature (as if anyone really needed to get in touch with the secretary for anything ever). Rating: 1 / 5
I looked forward to receiving this book but was sorely disappointed with what it delivered. I’ve had the same thoughts on employee recognition forever. There were no new ideas and very little specifics on improving recognition.
It is set up in a format where you can have a daily reminder that employee recognition is good and that is the best part of the book.
Definitely not a must have but a decent addition for your bookshelf. Rating: 2 / 5
A Carrot A Day is 365 tips on employee recognition by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. Having left Corporate America and its management duties behind, why am I reading it? It was referred to me by a business newsletter I trust, I like business books in general, and finally, I am intrigued by the idea of using carrots rather than sticks to motivate and wanted to see if I might find tips that I and my coaching clients could use to recognize and motivate ourselves.
The book is just okay. I buy into the premise, and it’s a very fast read. But many of the tips are repetitive (though I like that they range from no cost to extravagant and spontaneous to more involved to plan.) Certainly, it’s a good primer for managers looking for ideas. And I did get some ideas for how individuals might implement these techniques for themselves. (I detail these at http://sixfigurestart.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/book-review-a-carrot-a-day/)
So the book itself wasn’t an earth-shattering read, but the concept of carrots and recognition is important and valuable. We can be our own worst enemy and often beat ourselves up for not doing enough or failing at something. The framework of a carrot a day and the reminder of the power of positive reinforcement made the book well worth reading.
Rating: 2 / 5
I give this book 10 stars, not just 5!
When I picked this book up, I thought…well, another book on leadership, just what we need. And after reading it, it is EXACTLY what we all need! The strategy of recognition outlined in this book is applicabale to managers, bosses, parents, teachers or anyone who leads a group of people.
The authors have given me tangible ideas and how to’s I can really use as a manager to help my team motivate themselves through the use of recognition. This has worked with my family as well. One of the most crucial things I learned in this book –motivation comes not from coercing someone into something, but by helping them motivate themselves through the use of recognition and incentives. Brilliant!
I can’t wait to get the first two books in this series and learn more about the use of recognition. I have to extend a HUGE thank you to the authors for giving us this book. READ IT, it is very worthwhile! Rating: 5 / 5
After I thoroughly read A Carrot A Day by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, I realized how beneficial recognizing employee strengths is to increasing a company’s value as well as the employee’s value to the company and themselves. I would definitely recommend this book to every managing executive who wishes to parlay employee value.
Rating: 5 / 5