Bob Nelson Quotes

"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Manager, Motivation, Result)

"An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Policy, Mind, Open)

"Communicate, communicate, and then communicate some more."
- 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
(Related: Behavior, Focus)

"Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Act, Employees, Listening)

"People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Money, People, Job, May)

"Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Time, Employees, Will)

"Take your work seriously and yourself lightly."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Work)

"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: Building, Effort, Fire)

"You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves."
- Bob Nelson
(Related: People)