Chester Elton

Chester Greig Elton is a Canadian writer. He writes on employee engagement and organizational culture.

Career

In 2011 he co-founded The Culture Works, a consulting firm. Among his notable books are The Carrot Principle, All In, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work, co-authored with Adrian Gostick.

Early life

Elton was born on September 22, 1958, in Canada. He attended Brigham Young University, where he studied business administration and journalism. He also served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy for two years. After graduating from BYU, he began his career in radio sales. He later transitioned into the field of recognition and employee engagement, as an employee at O.C. Tanner, where he met his co-author Adrian Gostick. They would go on to write 12 books together. He has been married to his wife Heidi for 40 years, and they have four children and three grandchildren.

Bibliography

• Managing with Carrots: Using Recognition to Attract and Retain the Best People (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2001) ISBN 1-58685-077-6
• The 24-Carrot Manager: A Remarkable Story of How a Leader Can Unleash Human Potential (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2002) ISBN 1-58685-154-3
• A Carrot a Day: A Daily Dose of Recognition for Your Employees (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2004) ISBN 1-58685-506-9
• The Invisible Employee: Realizing the Hidden Potential in Everyone (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2006) ISBN 0-471-77739-0
• The Carrot Principle (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, Reissue 2009) ISBN 1-4391-4917-8
• The Daily Carrot Principle: 365 Ways to Enhance Your Career and Life (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2010) ISBN 1-4391-8173-X
• The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team can Transform an Entire Organization (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2010) ISBN 1-4391-8245-0
• All In: How The Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2012) ISBN 978-1491511619
• What Motivates Me: Put Your Passions to Work (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2014) ISBN 978-0996029704
• The Best Team Wins: The New Science of High Performance (with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, 2014) ISBN 978-1501179860
• Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results(with Adrian Gostick, 2020) ISBN 978-0062965783
• Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done(with Adrian Gostick, 2021) ISBN 978-0063046153

See also

• Adrian Gostick

External links

• The Culture Works