Chester Elton
New York Times & #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of All In, The Carrot Principle & What Motivates Me
You did more in one hour to bring rewards and recognition to life than any of the rest of us could do over months and months of trying. Thank you! I've heard many comment that you were the best speaker they've heard at any HSBC conference ever, anywhere in the world.
Called the “Apostle of appreciation” by the Globe and Mail, Canada’s largest newspaper, and “creative and refreshing‚” by theNew York Times, Chester Elton is co-author of several successful leadership books. All In, The Carrot Principle and What Motivates Me have been New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journalbestsellers. His work has been called a “must read for modern managers,” by Larry King of CNN.
Elton’s books have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold more than a million copies worldwide. As a motivation expert, Chester has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fast Company and the New York Times, and has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, National Public Radio and CBS’s 60 Minutes. And if you Google the 30 top leadership gurus of 2014, you’ll find Chester Elton at number 12, right after Jack Welch and just ahead of Jim Collins.
Chester serves as a leadership consultant to firms such as American Express, AT&T and Procter & Gamble. He is most proud, however, to be the father of four exceptional children—all the more exceptional now they have grown up and left home.
Books by Chester Elton
Videos featuring Chester Elton
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What Makes a Good Leader?
Chester EltonTo be a great leader, I think, takes dedication and it takes discipline. It’s like anything, I think there are people that have natural abilities – whether it’s athletic or musical or whatever – and I think leaders are much the same.
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What to Expect at The Art of Leadership
Chester EltonLeadership really is, I think, more art than science. We’ve heard a lot of the speakers talk about that – that what works for one leader may not necessarily work for another, just depending on your frame of reference, your cultural background and just life experience.
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Timeless Leadership Wisdom We All Need to Forget
Chester EltonA sales leader asked us last week if we had found anything in our research that contradicts long-held wisdom about leadership? Yes, we said, there have been ahas in our work that should change the way we all think about the science of leading others.
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Can You be an Independent Thinker and a Team Player?
Chester EltonMost of the truly great teams we’ve studied have at least one member who could be described as an independent thinker. These types of people don’t need much encouragement to share their views.
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Three Disciplines Every Team Leader Needs to Master
Chester EltonThere’s some bad news about modern teams: Most are nowhere near as effective as they could be and many are riven by tensions. Such dysfunction drains employee energy and creativity rather than fueling them.
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How to Handle Conflict in Your Team
Chester EltonA few years ago we sat in the kick-off meeting of a cross-functional team of senior people, assembled to tackle a big project for their company. The team was in a circle; the men in blue button-down shirts, the women in sensible blouses; pens and pads were at the ready.
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The Power of Gratitude
Chester EltonWhat is it about us humans that makes us so drawn to the negative? Every mistake we make seems to stick in out brains like Velcro, while our successes slide out like they're on Teflon.
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3 Strategies to Motivate Millenials
Chester EltonOver the past twenty years we’ve watched a few interesting revolutions in the workplace. We’ve coached leaders through globalization with all its cultural challenges, the dawn of the remote employee, even the commoditization of almost every product thanks to the Internet.
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What Engaging Managers Do Differently
Chester EltonIt’s the main thing a leader is supposed to do—engaging people—and yet the truth is very few of the smart, driven managers we talk with every year come naturally to it. Business experts have been talking about the need for engagement since the early 1990s.
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Be a Better Boss by Friday
Chester EltonThese 3 exercises will help accelerate positive change in your business and in your interactions with your team.
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The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff
Chester EltonNot long ago I was on a flight from Las Vegas when I overheard a fascinating conversation. The flight attendant who had welcomed us on board was energetic and upbeat, a true ambassador for the airline.
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Rebuilding a Culture in Crisis
Chester EltonTemporary loss of belief is inevitable in any organization. The hiring of a new CEO, a merger or acquisition, an evolution from private to public status, or a new competitor in your market all can throw even the most effective culture into a tailspin and shake employee confidence.
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Culture Works: How Getting the Culture Right Enables Transformation and Big Results
Chester EltonA few years ago we were asked to conduct a workshop at Crothall Healthcare. With thirty thousand employees, this is one of the largest and fastest-growing companies you’ve probably never heard of. They clean hospitals and transport patients...
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Don't Ignore the Squeaky Wheels
Chester EltonWhile most executives believe the vast majority of employees are on board with their company's culture, what if their squeaky wheels are actually the ones telling the truth? Case in point: A mid-level executive at Goldman Sachs recently quit his job and made his concerns about the company’s...
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