In a Wall Street Journal article, Staats (2018) writes, “we have an action bias: We would rather be seen doing something than doing...

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’” -John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) When I read...

Many of us miss a key point about the importance of followership. Indeed, most people hold a negative view of followership (Kelley,...

One of the most popular coaching models in the world is the G.R.O.W. Model (Whitmore, 2017). GROW is one of the earliest (perhaps even...

Business coaching is enhancing a client’s (person in a business) awareness and behavior in order to achieve business objectives for both...

“Coaching is helping another person reach higher levels of effectiveness by creating a dialogue that leads to awareness and action.”...

[Note: This post was updated July 2020 for freshness & clarity.] “The notion that there are only a few great people who can lead others...

Athletics carrying a crew canoe over heads | Credit: Clerkenwell I was contacted by a freelance writer working on a blog post for the...

“Change can generate deep resistance in people and in organizations, thus making it difficult, if not impossible, to implement...

Much of the original research on Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) came from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University...

Deceiving Others By Using the Truth Paltering is “an active form of deception that involves the use of truthful statements to convey a...

Before delving into the barriers of an effective team, you must first understand the difference between a team and a group: “The...

Whether in my personal or professional life, when I observe myself and others around me, one of the biggest personal and professional...

NOTE: For this book review, I intentionally and excessively quoted the authors throughout the post. I do this for two reasons: (1) I...

In 2011, I wrote an article about the true cost of job stress. In that article, I cited Dr. Rebecca Goldin (a Professor at George Mason...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] I often find people confusing and commingling the terms “organization...

Is Thought Leadership Old Wine In New Bottles? There are certain words/phrases that irk me to no end — thought leader or thought...

Description (from a Lominger flyer): In 100 Things, three internationally-recognized experts in human capital management provide the...

As owner of the WorkplacePsychology.Net website (it's now defunct and is part of SteveNguyenPhd.com/blog), which continues to get a high...

In January 2009, Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “No American CEO is more intimately identified with his company’s...