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Bob Nelson
About the author
People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.
Bob Nelson,
#People
#May
#Money
#Job
Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.
Bob Nelson,
#Time
#Will
#Employees
Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.
Bob Nelson,
#Work
You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.
Bob Nelson,
#Building
#Effort
#Fire
You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.
Bob Nelson,
#People
You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.
Bob Nelson,
#Want
#Reward
An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.
Bob Nelson,
#Result
#Manager
#Motivation
An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind.
Bob Nelson,
#Policy
#Open
#Mind
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,
#Focus
#Behavior
Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees.
Bob Nelson,
#Act
#Listening
#Employees