Bob Nelson, PhD, is one of the world's leading authorities on managing and motivating today?s employees. He is president of Nelson Motivation Inc. (www.nelson-motivation.com), a management training and consulting company located in San Diego, California; co-founder of Recognition Professionals International; and a leading international advocate for employee recognition and engagement for more than 15 years. He has worked with 4/5s of the Fortune 500 companies to help improve strategies, systems and programs for better motivating employees to achieve exceptional performance and previously worked for 10 years with Dr. Ken Blanchard (the One Minute Manager) as a vice president, chief of staff and primary writer. Dr. Nelson is a multi-million copy best-selling author of multiple books including 1001 Ways to Reward Employees (now in its 58th printing), The 1001 Rewards and Recognition Fieldbook, Keeping Up in a Down Economy: What the Best Companies do to Get Results in Tough Times, The Management Bible and Ubuntu! The Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration . He has appeared extensively in the national media including CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, and National Public Radio; and is a frequent expert resource for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune and Inc. magazines, and numerous other media. He holds an MBA in organizational behavior from UC Berkeley and received his PhD in management with Dr. Peter F. Drucker (The Father of Modern Management) from The Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management School at Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles, where his doctoral dissertation was on "Factors that Encourage or Inhibit the Use of Non-Monetary Recognition by U.S. Managers." Dr. Nelson teaches organizational behavior at the Rady School of Management of the University of California in San Diego.

Dr. Bob Nelson's Speaking Topics (keynote, half-day and full-day formats):

The Rules of Engagement:

• Increasing Motivation and Performance Today,
• Creating a World-Class Culture,
• Creating a Culture of Recognition

The Rewards of Recognition:

• Motivating Today's Employees,
• Inspiring Exceptional Performance

Taking Initiative - The Power Within:

• Managing Stress, Change and Morale,
• Managing Change in Changing Times,
• Motivating and Energizing Employees

The New Roles of Leadership:

• Managing for Dummies,
• Managing for Technical Managers/Small Business Owners,
• Managing Teams and Teamwork,
• 1001 Ways to FISH! At Work

Each attendee is guaranteed to get new ideas and techniques they can immediately apply back in their workplace -- and a motivation to want to do so as soon as possible!

A few other points to consider about booking Dr. Bob Nelson:

• Willing to interview with potential clients in advance to booking to answer questions, discuss goals and expectations for the session(s) Willing to do a one or more concurrent break-out sessions in addition to a keynote presentation within the same half-day fee.

• Conducts a conference call prior to the event with the client to clarify the issues, challenges and needs of the attendees to best focus and customize his presentation. If needed, will conduct additional individual interviews with key personnel/attendees.

• Provides a master handout of his presentation for the client to duplicate for all attendees at no additional charge.

• Is willing to do an add-on presentation for a sponsoring organization, that is, would do an in-house presentation for a client that helped cover costs of his speaking fee and expenses for an association or conference on the same trip.

• Provides a 50% discount on his best-selling books that are purchased in advance to use to help promote the event, for attendees or to sell during the event, or as follow up sales to the organization or association (many conferences or associations use this as a revenue generator for the event).

• Is willing to autograph all books that are purchased either at the event or before (which would include his latest books: The Management Bible and 1001 Ways to Reward Employees Revised Edition, available June 2005).

• Is available (at no additional charge) to have an informal executive briefing or breakfast with the organization's executive team or event organizing committee, lunch with the attendees group to be available for additional questions/discussion, and a post-presentation discussion with a human resources team or Recognition Task Force, as appropriate.