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

About 15 years ago, I was enrolled in a counseling psychology Master’s program. It was quite good and I learned a lot back then and...

[Note: This post was updated July 2020 for freshness & clarity.] One consistent and recurring theme keeps appearing over and over again...

In a previous life and time, I worked as a mental health counselor. I was trained in the art of listening and would periodically have my...

In his book, Drive (2011), Daniel Pink wrote that one of the motivating factors for employees is having the autonomy over four areas of...

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...

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world...

In his book, The Happiness Advantage, author Shawn Achor talks about how by first limiting our focus on small, manageable goals, we can...

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...

[Note: This post was updated July 2022 for freshness & clarity.] I believe leadership is important because, if we examine history, no...

[NOTE: This post was updated February 2022 for freshness & clarity.] Recently, I’ve been struck by how stuck people and even...

[Note: This post was updated March 2021 for freshness & clarity.] Northouse (2013) wrote that leadership and management are similar in...

[Note: This post was updated March 2021 for freshness & clarity.] Diversity initiatives usually sound great on paper and on an...

My first job was working for a sporting goods store in a mall. I was really excited because it was a well-known company and had a sister...

I’m a very picky book reader. Prior to reading “The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization,” I had...

A recent study found that the more power people have, the more likely they will discount advice due to an elevated sense of confidence in...

[This article was written on August 29, 2011]: Steve Jobs, the charismatic and visionary founder of Apple Computers has resigned ( August...

“Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not...