Chester Elton

Anxiety at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

May 7, 2021

Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Things Done Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton with Anthony Gostick Harper Business (May 2021) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.”…

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Leading with Gratitude: A book review by Bob Morris

March 16, 2020

Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (March 2020) How and why “putting gratitude at the center of everything you do is the key to a happy life”…

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The Best Team Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

February 27, 2018

The Best Team Wins: The New Science of High Performance Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Simon & Schuster (February 2018) What today’s high-impact leaders are doing to achieve and then sustain their organization’s peak performance In recent years, there have…

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How to set the right priorities and obtain buy-in throughout the given enterprise

July 15, 2015

In Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Jeff Sutherland shares his thoughts about how to set the right priorities. As he explains, “The important thing, though, is just to begin. Just start…You don’t need…

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What Motivates Me: A book review by Bob Morris

October 15, 2014

What Motivates Me: Put Your Passions to Work Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton The Culture Works; HAR/PSC edition (September 2014) How to get your passions in proper alignment with how you want to live and what you want to do…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/12/13)

August 18, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Chocolate Conversation: Lead Bittersweet Change, Transform Your Business Rose Fass Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence Joseph J.…

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All In: What Leadership Can Do to Capture and Utilize the Power of Fully Engaged Employees

August 8, 2013

When someone is referred to as the “Apostle of Appreciation,” it’s hard not to think that they might be passionate about employee engagement and culture. The Inc. Small Giants Community’s Executive Director, Raul Candeloro, sat down with Chester Elton, author…

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Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton: An interview by Bob Morris

May 5, 2012

Internationally recognized workplace experts Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton are partners in the consulting firm The Culture Works. Adrian Gostick is the author of several best-selling books on corporate culture, including the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers The Carrot Principle and All In. His research has been called a “must read for…

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All In: A book review by Bob Morris

April 3, 2012

All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Free Press (2012) How and why “it’s culture that will differentiate your organization and drive real business results”…for better or worse Those who have read any of…

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The Carrot Principle: A book review by Bob Morris

June 28, 2011

The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance (Updated & Revised Edition) Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Free Press (2009) Note: The review that follows is of the updated edition…

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