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Following the enormous popularity of their bestselling The Carrot Principle, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton return with a groundbreaking guide to building high-performance teams. The powerful research reported in The Orange Revolution reveals that the true driver of exceptional success for great companies is not a genius CEO. Breakthrough success is driven by a particular breed of breakthrough team that generates its own momentum—a harmonious group of colleagues in the trenches, working passionately together to pursue a shared vision and leading their whole company to a new level. Yet the research also shows that less than twenty percent of teams are working anywhere near their optimal capacity.
Based on their extraordinary experience working with leading companies, including Zappos.com, Pepsi Bottling Group, and Madison Square Garden, as well as on a never-before-published 350,000-person study by the Best Companies Group—which issues the Best Places to Work list—Gostick and Elton reveal the five vital characteristics of these great teams and provide a powerful step-by-step prescription for building them. Through remarkable stories from organizations that have used these methods to take teams to the breakthrough level, they show exactly how to ignite the passion and vision to bring about an Orange Revolution.
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"Good book on what it takes to have a breakthrough team. Basic4+Recognition and other core values are demonstrated with stories, and backed up with statistics from their studies. "
— Jeremy (5 out of 5 stars)
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“This book can change your business as it teaches you how you can create great teams to wow your customers, employees and vendors.”
— Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos, and author of Delivering Happiness -
“Truly groundbreaking. Gostick and Elton take us to new heights in cultivating great teams. This book will bring you world class results!”
— Marshall Goldsmith, author What Got You Here Won’t Get You There -
“From the first story to the last, The Orange Revolution captivated me. Chock full of solid research, inspiring stories and practical tips on how to turn your group into a breakthrough team. Their 100 ways to bring your team together is alone worth the price of the book.”
— Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge and The Truth about Leadership -
“This book captures the true essence of leadership and how leaders develop teams that make a difference and truly work.”
— G.J. Hart, president and CEO, Texas Roadhouse, Inc. -
“The Orange Revolution should be required reading for all people leaders wishing to unleash the power of their workforce and create an ongoing fountain of high performance.”
— David Kasiarz, senior VP of Global Compensation and Benefits, American Express
The Orange Revolution Listener Reviews
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" This book was fantastic about team dynamics at work and at home. This is a definite must read for me! "
— Michelle, 2/20/2011 -
" Got some good tidbits and inspiration from this book, but the whole "wow" factor was cheesy and annoying. Apparently Zappos actually espouses this "wow" philosophy which I find creepy. "
— Amy, 1/30/2011 -
" Lots of great ideas and illustrations of how companies are making it work. "
— Shawn, 1/20/2011 -
" The authors present a model for building and sustaining high performance work team. Examples and research conducted by Best Companies Group are used throughout to provide context and applicability to various types of work environments. "
— Andrew, 1/3/2011
About the Authors
Chester Elton is vice president of performance at the O. C. Tanner Company and a popular public speaker. He has been the subject of feature articles in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he has spoken on the subject of employee recognition and motivation on ABC, CNBC, and NPR. He is coauthor, with Adrian Gostick, of the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller A Carrot a Day and The 24-Carrot Manager.
Adrian Gostick is the bestselling author of All In and The Carrot Principle and other guides on workplace strategy and employee engagement. His books have been translated into thirty languages and have sold 1.5 million copies around the world. In addition to writing and teaching, he is co-founder with Chester Elton of the training company The Culture Works. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and CNN and is often quoted in the Economist, Newsweek, and Wall Street Journal.