Dr. Bob Nelson | A Leading Authority on Energizing, Motivating and Inspiring Employees to Peak Performance

Dr. Bob Nelson

A Leading Authority on Energizing, Motivating and Inspiring Employees to Peak Performance

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Dr. Bob Nelson
Biography

Dr. Bob Nelson is considered one of the leading authorities on employee recognition, motivation and engagement. He is president of Nelson Motivation Inc., 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 HR Issues and has worked with 80 percent of the Fortune 500. 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 #1-ranked executive coach.Dr. Bob has sold 4 million books on management and employee motivation, including 1501 Ways to Reward Employees, The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook, 1001 Ways to Energize Employees, The Management Bible, Ubuntu! Inspiring Teamwork & Collaboration at Work, among others. His books have been translated into 37 languages.He has presented on six continents and appears extensively in the national & international media including CBS' 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, 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. He received an MBA in organizational behavior from UC Berkeley and earned his PhD in management with Dr. Peter Drucker, "The Father of Modern Management," at the Drucker Graduate Management School of the Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles. He teaches for the Rady School of Management at the University of California in San Diego.

Dr. Bob Nelson
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Ubuntu
Inspiring Teamwork & Collaboration at Work

Inspire a Greater Sense of Purpose, Connectedness and Unity Among Your Team Members (1-2 hours)

Multi-million copy best-selling author Dr. Bob Nelson (1001 Ways to Reward Employees)  shares his expertise and energy to show managers and organizations how to obtain new levels of focus, excitement and results in any work environment through the principles of Ubuntu as based on the parable he co-authored with Dr. Stephen Lundin (co-author of the mega-million copy best-selling Fish! series).  Dr. Bob delivers a passionate, inspiring, high-energy multi-media program that intertwines fun & creativity, learning & application, and numerous examples and best practices from business, sports, politics & music in applying this traditional African principle of connectedness and unity to the world of work today. He draws upon his own research and doctoral work as well as experience in working with hundreds of organizations on the topic of employee motivation and high-performing teams to show how any organization or work group can incorporate the principles of Ubuntu. This session will be filled with specific real-life examples and techniques that can be immediately applied back on the job by attendees to systematically leverage, build and sustain a culture of teamwork, motivation and engagement in their workplace.  Learning objectives include:

•  The Core Principles & Philosophy of Ubuntu
•  Creating a Shared Vision and Sense of Purpose
•  Inspiring Others to Greatness at Work
•  Creating Greater Rapport from Shared Experiences at Work
•  Harnessing Individual Strengths to Create Stronger Teams
•  Creative Ways to Recognize Team Effort and Results

Motivating the Millennials

Understanding, Attracting, Motivating and Keeping the Youngest Generation that is Entering the Workplace (1-2 hours)

As recently featured in a CBS 60-Minutes interview with Morley Safer—Dr. Bob shares his insights on the latest generation to enter the workforce, the Millennials, and how members of that generation differ in their outlook, values and expectations from previous generations in the workplace today. The Millennial Generation, those individuals born between 1980 and 2000 will soon dominate the world of work in both number and attitude.  These 90 million individuals are unique from any previous generation in both their technical abilities, attitudes, outlook and expectations of work and, as such, companies will need to realign their strategic priorities to reshape the work environment to meet the expressed needs of this generation.  Failure to do so will significantly limit a company’s ability to hire these younger workers at a time when they already will be experiencing a shortfall of qualified candidates needed to replace the 70 million retiring Baby Boomers in the decade ahead.  Success in adapting to this new breed of worker will allow organizations to access and leverage the potential of the younger generation in a way that will create a significant competitive advantage for the company in achieving its mission in the marketplace.

This generation of workers with the skills and aptitudes that every employer will need are not interested in “paying their dues” and conforming to fit the expectations of them by their employers, but rather will cause companies to reassess and strategically realign all aspects of the employment contract to wrap around the life experiences and expectations unique to this generation.  The subsequent changes will affect all workers — even those not a part of this generation — as work rules about how work gets done (eg, telecommuting/ working hours, group processes/collaboration, enhanced efficiencies via technology, world perspectives and social issues, etc) are permanently redefined.  In this session, Dr. Bob will lay out the impact of this predominant shift in worker demographics, the assets and liabilities this generation brings to the workplace and show managers and executives (most of whom are Baby Boomers) how to strategically adapt to and align with the needs and expectations of these younger workers.  Topics covered will include:

•  Profile of the Millennials & What Makes Them Tick?
•  Key Personal & Cultural Influences
•  Events That Shaped the Millennial Perspective
•  Millennial Work Attributes & How to Maximize Each
•  Management Techniques for Motivating & Retaining Millennials

Inspiring Exceptional Performance
Taking Initiative

Tap into the Initiative of Every Employee, Spark Employee Ideas and Innovation, Make Jobs More Fulfilling. (1-2 hours)

Do you want to inspire exceptional performance? In this presentation, Dr. Bob will share his research and strategies for getting all employees to take initiative and be more innovative in the workplace today as based on two of his books: Please Don’t Just Do What I Tell You to Do—Do What Needs to Be Done! and 1001 Ways to Take Initiative at Work. He will show you how to overcome obstacles that employees are likely to encounter when pursuing new ideas and persevere with those ideas they most believe in. He will focus on the small things that can be done to start to make a BIG difference in your workplace as well as strategies employees can use for “keeping commitment to their commitment.” Attendees will leave this session with a practical plan and techniques for immediate implementation back on the job. Dr. Bob shows how organizations today can create a competitive advantage through its employees by tapping into the energy, ideas and creativity of every member of the organization.

In this session you’ll learn:

•  The Benefits of Increased Initiative to Employees and the Organization
•  The Ultimate Expectation: Getting Employees to Focus on What Needs to Be Done
•  The 4 Ps of Initiative: Positive Accountability, Preparation, Presentation & Persistence
•  Overcoming Obstacles to Taking Initiative at Work
•  I-Power: A Proven System for Harnessing the Power of Employee Suggestions

Harnessing High Engagement From High Potentials

Learn how best to identify, develop and retain your High Potential talent—before you lose them as the economy improves. (1-2 hours)

Organizations have dedicated and invested millions of dollars in identifying and developing High Potentials within their workforce.  This cream-of-the-crop top talent is often pegged for leadership roles early on in their careers and are the first to participate in innovative leadership development programs.  Despite the considerable amount of time and effort companies put into guiding them, studies show that many High Potentials remain unengaged in their work and continue to actively pursue other opportunities. In the last 12 months, 30% of High Potentials have changed jobs, a number that is expected to increase as the economy improves.  Over 50% of executives feel their organizations are ineffective at managing and keeping top talent and 90% of CEOs rank a retention plan for the organization’s High Potentials as a top priority for HR.  This session will cover the following topics:

•  The Need to Better Focus on High Potentials
•  How to Identify Your High Potentials
•  The Current Challenges with this Group of Top Performers
•  Six Strategies to Increase High Potential Engagement
•  A Case Study in Developing High Potentials

Discover the best practices of leading organizations as they seek to motivate and empower their High Potential population. Learn skills you can apply to your own workforce, from how best to identify High Potentials to keeping them engaged and invested in their work so that they can continue to perform at top levels. The time to get focused on these special performers is before they are leaving your organization!

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