ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Bob Nelson is considered a leading authority on employee recognition, motivation, and engagement. He is president of Nelson Motivation, a management training and consulting company that specializes in helping organizations improve their management practices, programs, and systems. He serves as an executive strategist for human resource issues, has worked with 80 percent of the Fortune 500, and has been named a Top Thought Leader by the Best Practice Institute and a Global 100 Employee Engagement Influencer. He previously worked closely with Dr. Ken Blanchard, “The One Minute Manager” for ten years and currently serves as a personal coach for Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, the world's number-one-ranked executive coach.
Dr. Bob has sold five million books on management and employee motivation, including 1,501 Ways to Reward Employees, Recognizing & Engaging Employees for Dummies, The 1,001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook, 1,001 Ways to Energize Employees, The Management Bible, and Ubuntu! among others. His books have been translated into thirty-seven languages. He has presented on six continents and has appeared extensively in the national and international media including CBS's 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, National Public Radio, as well as in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Fortune, BusinessWeek, and Inc. magazines to discuss how to best motivate today's employees. Corporate Meetings & Incentives dubbed him “The Guru of Thank You”; Workforce Management called him “The King of Rewards.”
Dr. Bob holds a BA in psychology and communications from Macalester College (St. Paul, Minnesota), received an MBA in organizational behavior from UC Berkeley, and earned his PhD in management education with the late, great Dr. Peter Drucker, “The Father of Modern Management,” at the Drucker Graduate Management School of Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles; his doctoral dissertation was entitled “Factors that Encourage or Inhibit the Use of Employee Recognition by US Managers.”
Dr. Bob is available to consult with your organization on how to create a better recognition and engagement culture (including finding the best vendor partner for your needs) or to present for your company, conference, or association on topics related to his books and research. You can reach him directly at Nelson Motivation (www.drbobnelson.com), at (858) 673-0690, via email at [email protected], or via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/drbobnelson.