Bob
Nelson
Dr. Bob Nelson is founder
and president of Nelson Motivation, Inc., a management training
and consulting firm based in San Diego, California. As a practicing
manager and a best-selling author, he is an internationally
recognized expert in the areas of employee recognition, rewards,
motivation, morale, retention, productivity, and management.
He is author of the best-selling books 1001 Ways to Reward
Employees – which has sold over 1.5 million copies
worldwide – 1001 Ways to Energize Employees and
1001 Ways to Take Initiative at Work. Bob is also co-author
of the best-selling books Managing For Dummies –
which has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide – and
Consulting For Dummies, as well as 15 other books on management
and motivation.
Dr. Nelson has been featured extensively in the media, including
television appearances on CNN, CNBC, PBS, and MSNBC; radio appearances
on NPR, USA Radio Network and the Business News Network; and
print appearances in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Fortune magazine and
many more. He writes a weekly column for American City Business
Journals and a monthly column for Corporate Meetings &Incentives,
among others.
Dr. Nelson received his Ph.D. in management from The Peter F.
Drucker Graduate Management Center of Claremont Graduate University
in suburban Los Angeles, where his doctoral research was on
"Factors that Encourage or Inhibit the Use of Non-Monetary
Recognition by U.S. Managers." He received his MBA in organizational
behavior from The University of California at Berkeley, and
holds a BA in communications.
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