Aron Ain - Workinspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work

Praise for Aron Ain and

WORK INSPIRED

Kronos is a consistent and powerful growth engine. Now we learn its secret: putting people first, both because its the right thing to do and because its the path to long-term success. I deeply admire Aron Ains philosophy, and others will, too.

DEVAL PATRICK, Managing Director, Bain Capital, and former Governor of Massachusetts

Employees want to work for companies that cherish values such as family, ethics, hard work, and philanthropy. When they find these organizations, employees feel inspired to deliver high levels of performance. Aron Ain takes you on a tour of a values-based corporate culture that you can develop within your own organization.

ROBERT KRAFT, Chairman and CEO, The Kraft Group

Technology gets all the hype, but in my experience, a focus on people is what consistently distinguishes the best companies from the merely good ones. Aron Ains book shows why building an authentic company culture is as important to long-term success as any other business decision. It may well be the one from which all great things follow.

DAVID M. SOLOMON, CEO, Goldman Sachs

Aron Ains WorkInspired is a valuable resource for any leader looking to build an organization rooted in employee engagement and a shared value system.

STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN, Chairman, CEO, and Cofounder, Blackstone

Many companies claim that our people are our most valuable assets. But no business leader I know has done more to turn that old clich into a strategic source for growth than Aron Ain of Kronos. In WorkInspired, Aron takes readers step-by-step through principles and practices that have helped Kronos win and growmainly by inspiring its own workers to realize their full potential and having each others backs. Kronoss bottom-line success is proof positive that Ains commitment to creating a satisfying, challengingand kindwork environment is a very hard-nosed business strategy indeed. WorkInspired shows us all how to execute it.

ROBERT L. REYNOLDS, President and CEO, Putnam Investments and Great-West Financial

Aron Ains WorkInspired describes how Kronos has continued to reinvent itself by focusing on culture and mobilizing the power of its people. Ain succeeds in breaking down his approach to a series of powerful policies, programs, and leadership behaviors that many companies have overlooked. Required reading for anyone seeking to build a thriving and sustainable business in the digital economy.

SHIRA GOODMAN, former CEO, Staples

Kronos has mastered workforce innovation that works. Here, its inventive and imaginative CEO describes how he created one of the 100 best places to work, and shares the principles that leaders and managers need to create a high-functioning culture built on trust, transparency, collaboration, and innovation.

DAVID WIPPMAN, President, Hamilton College

WorkInspired is an essential guide for building a winning culture, and it all starts with one personyou! As Aron Ain knows, how managers and leaders treat people day-to-day matters. Ain provides tips and strategies that managers and leaders can put into practice right now, one informal conversation at a time. An enjoyable and compelling read.

STEVE PAGLIUCA, Cochairman, Bain Capital, and Managing Partner and Coowner, Boston Celtics

If every manager nurtured their workforce the way Kronos does, the professional world would be a different place. Aron Ain gives his employees the opportunities and tools to succeed using a refreshing and enlightened approach. The result is sky-high employee engagement that attracts young people to Kronos. Read this important book and learn the secrets.

JACQUELINE MOLONEY, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Aron Ain is a next-level leaderthe kind who gets things done the right way by respecting people, giving them a vision to believe in, and creating a culture in which they can excel. In WorkInspired, he shares his unique approach with the world. I hope every leader or manager reads this book, and takes its lessons to heart.

ERIC HOLCOMB, Governor of Indiana

Read this useful book by Aron Ain, who provides the leadership behaviors that create an environment where people love their jobs. Many are amazingly simple, yet many leaders dont do them! After WorkInspired, you will.

CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, President and CEO, ADP

How do you get a large organization to become as innovative and nimble as a startup? Aron Ains answer is to create ways to help your team succeed and spread a culture of innovation across the enterprise. His book delivers nuggets that apply to all managers.

ERIK WEXLER, CEO, Providence St. Joseph HealthSouthern California

With leadership, two things matter: A clear strategy, and the right culture. Aron Ain delivers on both fronts in this engaging and inspiring book. If you lead people, WorkInspired is a compelling blueprint for making this happen.

STEVE SADOVE, former Chair and CEO, Saks Inc.

There are legions of motivational experts and consultants armed with their latest anecdotes to make the case for an engaged workplace. But rarely do you hear the whole story of what it takes to build and sustain an engaged workplace from the person who did it. With WorkInspired, we have a long-tenured CEO letting us have a good look at what it really takes. Aron Ain has truly provided us with a gift... a must-read for anyone who wants to tap into the power of their people!

LEN SCHLESINGER, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School, and President Emeritus, Babson College

Kronos serves as a textbook example of how building a great culture builds phenomenal shareholder value. The model and lessons are so compelling that the story warrants a full book, not just a case study. Fortunately, Aron Ain has provided just thata compelling and useful read for any leader or manager.

ALEC ELLISON, Founder, Outvest Capital, and former Vice Chairman, Jefferies

In this highly personal book, Aron Ain presents a refreshing new framework for driving Hall of Famelevel investment results, one that rests first and foremost on the behavior of individual leaders. As Ain compellingly demonstrates, the very personal qualities that make a leader outstanding as a spouse or parent are identical to those required to create and shape a high-trust, high-performance team culture. Ains book will be an inspiring and essential read for anyone seeking to become a whole-person leader.

DAVID R. TUNNELL, Partner, Hellman & Friedman

Aron Ain shares a series of lessons on how leading organizations can excel, whether delivering exceptional patient care, producing great products, or delivering outstanding service. We all have a responsibility to create environments where people love to work. Thank you, Aron, for pointing the way.

KEVIN TABB, CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Do the best leaders achieve success by genuinely caring about their employees? Aron Ain answers with an exuberant, Yes! as he shares the extraordinary story of Kronos to show how to cultivate human capital to ensure your success. Im happy to give WorkInspired my highest recommendation.

MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, author of the
#1 New York Times bestseller Triggers

Ive become so enamored with Aron Ain and Kronos that Im constantly telling other business leaders to be more like them. Through Work-Inspired, Aron has now provided the road map. More happy employees and customers are sure to follow!