I Will Teach My Daughter Not to Be Afraid
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Jul 24, 2013
Workplace Bullying Is Not Employee Dissatisfaction and Is Different from School Bullying
This post is in response to an article titled “Thou Shalt Not Bully” that was posted on HCOnline, Australia’s online magazine for senior...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Mar 8, 2012
A Positive Mindset and Happy Attitude Help You Succeed at Work
In his book, “The Happiness Advantage” (2010) Shawn Achor asserts that happy employees can actually help improve an organization’s bottom...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Dec 21, 2011
Virtual Workplaces and Telework
I saw an article on Time magazine’s website today called, “The Beginning of the End of the 9-to-5 Workday?” (Schawbel, 2011). The article...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Aug 29, 2011
Steve Jobs Resigns – The Failure to Disengage and Price of Workaholism
Steve Jobs, the charismatic and visionary founder of Apple Computers has resigned (August 24, 2011). Not to worry, he’s now assumed the...
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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
- 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 4, 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
- 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 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
- Oct 29, 2010
Customers Hate Rudeness Even When It’s Not Directed at Them
In their research studies, Porath, MacInnis, & Folkes (2010) “demonstrate[d] that witnessing an incident of employee-employee incivility...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Oct 1, 2010
Work Stresses, Bad Bosses, and Heart Attacks
“In 2007, nearly 80 million Americans—one out of every three adults—had some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD)…[In fact,] CVD has been...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Sep 4, 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
- Jul 6, 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
- Apr 30, 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
- Dec 11, 2009
Workplace Incivility Hurts Employees & Businesses
Workplace incivility is defined as “the exchange of seemingly inconsequential inconsiderate words and deeds that violate conventional...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Dec 9, 2009
Hyperactive Workplace
This is part II – Hyperactive Workplace – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons and...
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Steve Nguyen, PhD
- Dec 7, 2009
Manic Society
Today, I’ll be doing part I – Manic Society – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons...
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