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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

345: The Simple Solution to Disengagement with Dr. Bob Nelson

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

Sharpening, Self-improvement, Meaning, Winning, Development, Money, Interview, Writing, Health & Fitness, Speaking, Mental Health, Success, Wins, Fun, Skills, Business, Careers, Training, Education, Collaboration, Decisions, Career, Selfhelp, Mockaitis, Thinking

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Bob Nelson reveals the drivers behind disengagement--and what to do about them.   You'll Learn: Just how critical recognition is Key reasons managers don’t give more encouragement Five ways to reward employees at low or no cost   About Bob:  Dr. Bob Nelson is a leading advocate for employee recognition and engagement worldwide and the only person who has done a PhD dissertation related to the topic. He has consulted for 80 percent of the Fortune 500 as well as presented on six continents.  He has sold 5 million books, including 1001 Ways to Reward Employees of which 1001 Ways to ENGAGE Employees is his latest. Dr. Bob has been featured extensively in the national and international media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CBS 60 Minutes, MSNBC, ABC, PBS and NPR about how best to motivate today’s employees.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep345 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete McKitis.

0:19.4

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode three hundred forty five with Dr Bob Nelson.

0:23.4

Dr Bob has figured out what's up with disengagement

0:27.1

and the surprisingly simple way to address it so you'll learn one

0:31.0

that how critical recognition is.

0:32.8

Two, key reasons managers don't give more of that recognition,

0:36.6

and three, key ways to reward employees at low or no cost.

0:40.1

So if you want to take a look at the show notes,

0:41.7

or the transcript, or the links to items we've referenced it's over to

0:44.3

awesome at your job.com slash F-345. Now here is Bob's story. Dr. Bob Nelson is a leading advocate for employee recognition and engagement worldwide and the only person

0:54.7

who's done a PhD dissertation related to the topic.

0:57.8

He's consulted for 80% of the Fortune 500 as well as presented on six continents.

1:02.0

He sold five million books including 1,001 ways

1:05.3

to reward employees and 1,001 ways

1:08.3

to engage employees is his latest.

1:10.3

Dr. Bob has been featured extensively

1:11.8

in the national and international media including the New York Times

1:14.4

Wall Street Journal USA Today CBS 60 Minutes MS NBC ABC CVS and NPR about how to best motivate

1:20.8

today's employees. So thanks to Dr Bob for spending some time with us

1:24.5

and thanks to our sponsors.

1:25.8

Check them out.

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