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Bob Nelson, PhD
Nelson Motivation, Inc.

Dr. Bob Nelson is one of the leading authorities on energizing, motivating and inspiring employees to new peaks of performance. Dr. Nelson holds an MBA in organizational behavior from UC Berkeley and received his Ph.D. in management from The Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management School at Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles, where he worked closely with the late Dr. Peter Drucker on his doctoral studies.

Bob has been speaking for more than 20 years and has spoken thousands of times to over 800 companies (many on a yearly basis). Dr. Nelson appears frequently in the national media including recently on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, NPR and BusinessWeek. He has also appeared numerous times on CNN, MSNBC, and PBS and has been featured in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Fortune and INC. magazines and numerous other publications to discuss how to best motivate today's employees. He has also worked with or consulted for almost two-thirds of the companies on the Fortune 500 list.