Bob Nelson

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You get what you reward! Know what you want to get and reward or recognize people in some way to get it.

Bob Nelson

An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.

Bob Nelson

Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.

Bob Nelson

All behavior is a function of its consequences.

Bob Nelson

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

Bob Nelson

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.

Bob Nelson

Communicate, communicate, and then communicate some more.

Bob Nelson

There's a big difference between getting people to come to work and getting them to do their best work.

Bob Nelson

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.

Bob Nelson

If good intentions alone led to success, we'd all be successful.

Bob Nelson

Compensation is a right; recognition is a gift. Everyone who works gets paid - but not everyone gets recognition. That's why it means so much to people.

Bob Nelson

It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others.

Bob Nelson

An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind.

Bob Nelson

Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees.

Bob Nelson

When you get serious about performance, you have to get serious about recognition.

Bob Nelson

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

Bob Nelson

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

Bob Nelson

The greatest mistake a person can make in life is to think they work for someone else.

Bob Nelson