Dr. Bob Nelson

Dr. Bob Nelson, is president of Nelson Motivation Inc.; a frequent presenter to management groups, conferences and associations; and a best-selling author of many books on employee recognition, motivation and engagement including: 1,501 Ways to Reward Employees, 1,001 Ways to Engage Employees and Recognizing & Engaging Employees For Dummies, among others.

Dr. Bob Nelson is an Executive Council member at the CEOWORLD magazine and a Distinguished Fellow at COSMOS Analytica Institute, a leading center for wealth and asset management education and research.. You can follow him on LinkedIn, for more information, visit the author’s website CLICK HERE.

Special Reports

Recognizing Gen Z Employees: Building Authentic Connections in a Digital Workplace

Special ReportsDr. Bob Nelson

The newest generation in the workforce, commonly referred to as Gen Z employees, were born between 1997 and 2012 and are currently aged 13-28. As such, those in their late teens or early 20’s have been entering the workforce in droves and currently outnumber those Baby Boomers who are still...

CEO Opinions

Redefining Career Development: Skills, Mobility & Retention

CEO OpinionsDr. Bob Nelson

Career development in America is broken. Traditionally, employees earned a degree, went to work for an employer and if they did good work, they were promoted after three or so years of service. If their current employer didn’t have promotional opportunities available, employees either waited for new opportunities, plateaued, or...

CEO Advisory

Message to Management: Most Workers Do Not Want to Come Back to the Office

CEO AdvisoryDr. Bob Nelson

As stated in a recent Fortune article, just 3% of white-collar workers want to return to the office five days a week. This is from a poll by management consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates, which also warned employees will quit if bosses force them back full-time. A full 86% of employees...

Money and Wealth

Workplace Human Resources Predictions for 2022

Money and WealthDr. Bob Nelson

The primary workplace challenge of 2022 will be around talent: Attracting talent, getting the best from the talent you hire, and retaining talent. The work landscape has shifted dramatically and companies need to change with it. There continues to be an extreme skilled-worker shortage that started even before the recent...

CEO Journal

Unraveling the Mystery of the Great Resignation

CEO JournalDr. Bob Nelson

As Derek Thompson recently pointed out in his excellent article “Three Myths of the Great Resignation” published in The Atlantic, the seeming exodus from the workplace is really a function of three independent trends: 1) Job Switching, primarily by hospitality workers in restaurants and hotels switching to better, higher paying...

CEO Insights

Making Your Own Work More Fun

CEO InsightsDr. Bob Nelson

Making work more fun starts in every job with every individual worker. It’s a state of mind—an attitude—completely in your control. If you learn to harness this attitude you will have more joy and meaning in your work and your life. According to recent research reported by Business News Daily,...

CEO Explainers

Hybrid Workforce: Culture Isn’t Exclusive to Being Onsite

CEO ExplainersDr. Bob Nelson

As companies continue to grapple with the best way forward in navigating a Hybrid Workforce, one of the beliefs driving many companies to require that all employees return to the office is “company culture,” that is the shared beliefs, values, norms and practices that uniquely distinguish one company from another....

CEO Advisory

Post-Covid-19’s Impact on Employees’ Sense of Purpose

CEO AdvisoryDr. Bob Nelson

According to a recent article by McKinsey & Company, nearly two-thirds of U.S.-based employees reported that the recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused them to reflect on their purpose, that is, the “enduring, overarching sense of what matters most in a person’s life.” Seventy percent of employees said that their sense...

Chief Executive Insider

Employees Just Want to Have Fun

Chief Executive InsiderDr. Bob Nelson

As COVID-19 winds down and employees return to the office, companies need to remember that (paraphrasing Cyndi Lauper) “employees just want to have fun.” Most white-collar employees have been cooped up for over a year, isolated and stressed on many levels: professionally, socially, and even physically. Being human, they need...

CEOWORLD magazine

Dr. Bob Nelson

Recognizing Gen Z Employees: Building Authentic Connections in a Digital Workplace

Redefining Career Development: Skills, Mobility & Retention

Message to Management: Most Workers Do Not Want to Come Back to the Office

Workplace Human Resources Predictions for 2022

Unraveling the Mystery of the Great Resignation

Making Your Own Work More Fun

Hybrid Workforce: Culture Isn’t Exclusive to Being Onsite

Post-Covid-19’s Impact on Employees’ Sense of Purpose

Employees Just Want to Have Fun

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