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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Aug 19, 2011
The Three Burnout Subtypes
[NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job,...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 27, 2011
Lack of Sleep Contributes to Unethical Conduct
Most of us understand the importance of sleep and its impact on our health and safety. Extending the importance of sleep further into the...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 14, 2011
Failure is a Better Teacher than Success
“Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
May 18, 2011
Information Overload: Too Much Information Becomes Noise
[Note: This post was updated January 2021 for freshness & clarity.] In “Information Overload: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions,” an article...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 3, 2011
Multitasking Doesn’t Work
[NOTE: This post was updated January 2017] Multitasking is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. But it’s important to...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 14, 2011
Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture
[NOTE: This post was updated October 2016] “Having an organizational culture that emphasizes ethical behavior can cut down on misbehavior...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 5, 2011
What Happens When Leaders Set High Expectations?
Some of you may have heard that when leaders set high expectations followers rise to meet them. Well, there’s actually a concept called...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jan 14, 2011
Less Talk, More Action-The PAR Technique
In his book, Good Boss, Bad Boss, Robert Sutton talks about a problem many of us see in our workplaces — too much talking and not enough...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jan 9, 2011
The True Financial Cost of Job Stress
It is estimated that job stress cost U.S. businesses between $150 billion (Spielberger, Vagg, & Wasala, 2003, citing Wright and Smye) and...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Nov 26, 2010
The Dangers of Charismatic Leaders
[NOTE: This post was updated December 2022 for freshness & clarity, and to remove and replace broken URL links.] Professor Robert Sutton...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Nov 5, 2010
Workplace Incivility Causes Mistakes and Even Kills
Research on workplace incivility (for example, emotional abuse or rudeness in the workplace) revealed that if someone is rude to you at...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Sep 18, 2010
Busy Work and Fake Work
In “Fake Work” Peterson & Nielson (2009) contend that “much of the hard work people do for their organization does little to link people...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Sep 3, 2010
Coaching and Mental Illness
“Coaching is normally seen as an activity to enhance performance and achievement of goals” (Buckley, 2010, p. 394). When coaches talk...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Aug 12, 2010
Book Review: Good Boss, Bad Boss
In an email exchange, Professor Robert I. Sutton (author of the highly acclaimed book, “The No Asshole Rule”) asked me if I was...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jul 5, 2010
Job Insecurity and Employee Health
The New York Times ran an article (Luo, 2010) that talked about job loss and adverse impacts on health. What’s most intriguing were the...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 11, 2010
Leadership, Southwest Airlines, and Malice in Dallas
Note: If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it on YouTube. This is a hilarious video (watch his aerobic workouts) produced...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
May 6, 2010
3 Primary Goals of People at Work
In “The Enthusiastic Employee” authors Sirota, Mischkind, and Meltzer (2005), working under Sirota Consulting, surveyed 2.5 million...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 29, 2010
April 30 The Fall of Saigon
Photo: A North Vietnamese tank crashes through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The taking of...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 26, 2010
Gender and Leadership – Does It Matter?
I come across the topic of gender and leadership quite a bit and thought I would share what I found after researching this subject. The...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 9, 2010
Evidence-Based Training: Debunking the Myth of Learning Styles
In “Evidence-Based Training Methods: A Guide for Training Professionals,” Ruth Clark (2010) states that one of the biggest myths...
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