Bøger af Bob Nelson

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The son of a mining family, Bob trained as a mechanic and, at 21 years old, found himself working in Nyasaland (now Malawi). He met his English wife, a nurse and midwife, in what was then Salisbury, Rhodesia, and together they spent the next forty years working and travelling around Africa and the Middle East. They spent six years working in gold mines in Tanzania and Kenya. Then, whilst working in Uganda, Bob met Idi Amin, who gave him a very expensive pair of Zeiss binoculars for recovering his amphibious vehicle! He was also involved in moving the 'African Queen' of movie fame through Kampala to raise money for Cancer Research. He was in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's regime and, together with a colleague, had a very lucky escape just as the 1980 war with Iran started. Whilst working in Nigeria, he built a 44 foot ketch with some American friends and was Commodore of the Apapa Boat Club. In South Africa he and his wife travelled extensively in their spare time; they crossed the Kalahari, Namib and Karoo deserts and visited the Skeleton Coast and the Wild Coast, among other places - and all this aside from all manner of pursuits from scuba diving to paragliding. They also spent five years in West Cork, Ireland, where they rebuilt a farmhouse, lived off the land and had a commercial fishing business.

In Finding Grace on the Red River, Notes from the Red River Symphony, Nelson introduced several characters with one theme. Each one was suffering form the despair of loss. In short, they were searching for grace. In Hope on the Red River, More notes from the Red River Symphony, Nelson takes some of the same characters as they try to find hope. There is Ralph who has lost everything including his sense of self. There is Gil who has lost the love of his life, the source of his hope. Travis is paralyzed by guilt, and Hope is on a spiritual quest. Each story centers around the loss of Grace from the first novel, and their solutions revolve around the Red River.

A troubled student makes elaborate plans to shoot and kill all of his classmates at school. His hatred escalates while he fills in the details of his scheme as the time to execute it approaches. Oblivious to all this Mr. Harmon, a teacher at the high school, is distraught to learn that his school program HOMEROOM is set to be cancelled. Harmon came up with HOMEROOM as a way for students to help and support one other, and before all the good it does evaporates he realizes that the only way to save HOMEROOM is to take his appeal directly to the Board of Education. As Harmon prepares his presentation for their next meeting plans also continue unchecked for a massacre at the school. As Harmon thinks back to past HOMEROOMs he remembers the students who were touched and transformed by their experiences there. He also recollects occasions when the outcomes were less positive, and he begins to doubt HOMEROOM's value. Harmon's crisis of faith, his presentation to the Board and a student's desire for mass destruction all weave towards a surprising climax.

The Everywhere God is a book about hope for children of all ages. Written for his young granddaughter during a particularly difficult time, the late Pastor Bob Nelson wanted to be sure she knew God was with her no matter what else was happening. Despite people and circumstances, his message is clear, God never leaves or forgets about us and His love never ends. Upon it's completion, he knew it was something special and wanted to make it a children's book. Unfortunately, time passed and things never fell into place for his vision to come to life. He passed away in 2008 before he could see it happen. More than 20 years after it's original writing, Bob Nelson's daughter remembered this treasured poem and like her father, felt it needed to be shared with the world. For many years she kept this special story in the back of her heart and always dreamed of making his vision for a children's book a reality. Filled with colorful images and delightful poetry, The Everywhere God uses creative language and the vibrant artwork of illustrator Robin Tillman to tell the story of a never failing God in a way all children can understand. It is a work of love and hope, 22 years in the making - further proof of God's unending love for us all.

Amazing grace saves a wretch but it doesn't tell Clark Bradley what to do when his wife Grace dies. With her death he loses everything in life that he loved, everything except his five-year-old daughter, Hope. Without a plan for the future or a purpose in life, Clark goes to Nettie, Texas, to visit his mother-in-law Maggie Wheeler. Confined as she is to a wheelchair, Maggie seeks to heal Clark and help raise her grand daughter. Together, Clark, Maggie and Hope discover that everything, both past and future, revolves around Grace.

This book, The Ultimate Store Closing Strategy, is packed with cutting-edge concepts to maximize sales and open your mind to new ideas. Its sole purpose is to give insights, inspirations, and dozens of strategic ideas to make a successful switch in your life and solve your biggest business challenge. To multiply your results while reducing your time, effort and risk, wouldn't you like to learn the biggest sales & marketing mistakes that 90% of retailers make and how you can avoid them? Or, discover how you can profit during these fast-changing times? Because every store is unique with different challenges and goals, this illustrated book is NOT written to be a self-promoting sales presentation, an easy how-to recipe, or do-it-yourself manual. It is a guidebook to inform, motivate and encourage you to unlock the hidden wealth in your business, and at the same time take the stress and frustration off your shoulders.

Million-copy, bestselling business author Nelson ("1001 Ways to Reward Employees," and "Managing For Dummies]") creates a resource that explains how to enhance employee morale, performance, and productivity without spending a lot of money, time, or resources.

Trust is the foundation of success for any organization, but how do you build it? Wall Street Journal bestselling author David Horsager uses a business fable to introduce readers to the eight Pillars of Trust."A lack of trust is your biggest expense," says David Horsager, a message he has brought to Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and governments the world over. Without trust, transactions cannot occur. Without trust, influence is destroyed. Without trust, organizations lose productivity, relationships, reputation, talent, customer loyalty, creativity, morale, revenue, and results. And there is a reliable, research-based, repeatedly proven-in-practice way to build trust. In this book, Horsager uses the popular business fable format to make his method accessible to as wide an audience as possible. Horsager tells the story of a young software executive facing a critical deadline who discovers the eight Pillars of Trust: clarity, compassion, character, competency, commitment, connection, contribution, and consistency.In the remaining third of the book, Horsager departs from the story to go deeply into the eight Pillars of Trust, describing the research behind them and offering tools for applying them. Trust, not money, is the currency of business and life, and this is a comprehensive guide to building it.

Arizona Governor Fife Symington was an early pioneer in successfully navigating what is now an existential threat for moderates in the Republican Party: how to govern with conservative-leaning values without kowtowing to the worst instincts of the radicalized, nativist right.

Bob Nelson, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, and human performance expert Mario Tamayo offer hundreds of practical, creative tips for helping employeesand their managersmake work more fun.According to the employees that work for firms listed in Fortune's ';100 Best Companies to Work for in America,' the most defining characteristic of these organizations is they are all ';fun' places to work. Fun is the secret sauce every business needs to better engage and motivate its employees today. Work Made Fun Gets Done! gives readers simple, practical ideas for instantly bringing fun into their work and workplace. Based on examples from scores of companies like Zoom, Pinterest, Bank of America, Zappos, Honda, Microsoft, and many more, this book provides clear examples of exactly what managers and employees alike can do to lighten the tone in the work environment and allow employees to have more fun at work. From AAA's ';Dump a Dog' program where workers can pass their least-wanted project on to their manager and Houzz's complimentary office slippers to CARFAX's themed-wardrobe Zoom meetings and Google's company-approved Nerf-gun battles and paper airplane contests, you'll find dozens of ideas you can immediately adapt and implement in your own workplace. Work and fun have typically been considered polar opposites, but this book proves they can be integrated in ways that produce more motivated workersand exceptional results.

Die Welt des Management ist eine große Herausforderung, die man mit Interesse und Motivation meistern kann. Bob Nelson und Peter Economy verraten Tipps und Tricks, die man als Manager kennen sollte, um sich und seinen Mitarbeitern das Leben leichter zu machen. Wichtige Themen wie Kommunikation, Mitarbeitermotivation, Teamarbeit und natürlich die Finanzen werden angesprochen und mit Anekdoten gewürzt. Wer dieses Buch gelesen hat, dessen Managerkarriere wird nichts mehr im Wege stehen!

The Management Bible is the most comprehensive book on the topic of management available anywhere. It offers in--depth coverage of the entire range of essential topics for todaya s managers and supervisors----from beginners to seasoned veterans----and includes practical, effective solutions for the everyday problems every manager faces.

Featuring examples of employee rewards throughout, this title includes sections for dealing with emerging workforce trends - the rising presence of contingent workers (freelancers and perma-lancers), the Millennia generation, and a globalised workforce (in which an employee with whom you work closely may be located on another continent).

A powerful story about the African philosophy of teamwork and collaboration that has the power to reshape our workplaces, our relationships with our coworkers, and our personal lives, written by the bestselling coauthor of Fish! and the bestselling author of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees.John Peterson, a new manager in the credit department at a major big-box retailer, is struggling in his job. The people under him are not working as well or effectively as they need to, and his department is falling behind in meeting its goals. His only solution is to take on more work himself, burning the midnight oil and coming in most weekends to pick up the slack and keep his department above water.When one of the employees stays behind to help him-a young man who came to America from a small village in Africa-he learns of the ancient wisdom and hidden power of the African philosophy of Ubuntu. Before long, it begins to change the way he thinks about the people he works with, about himself, and about how he runs his department and his life.In an engaging and completely fresh narrative that holds a unique message for today's business world, Ubuntu! shows us a way to overcome our fears, insecurities, and the "me-ism" that so often permeates our workplaces, and replace it with a culture of genuine respect and collaboration. It promises to take its place alongside Fish! and other business parables as the next bestselling classic in the business category.