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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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 29, 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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 26, 2010


7 Reasons Why Employees Leave
In “The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave (2005),” Leigh Branham outlined seven reasons why workers quit or leave their jobs: Reason #1:...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 22, 2010


Implementing Change and Overcoming Resistance
[NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] In “Leading Change,” John Kotter (1996) outlined an 8-Stage Process to Creating Major Change:...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 5, 2010


Elements of Corporate Cultures
In “Culture by Default or by Design?” Edmonds and Glaser (2010) talk about the challenge of describing the culture of an organization. In...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 1, 2010


What Really Motivates Employees
In an article titled, “What Really Motivates Workers” in the January-February 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Amabile & Kramer...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jan 17, 2010


Being Attractive Helps Get You Hired
[NOTE: This post was updated October 2017] When making decisions about whether or not to hire prospective job applicants, interviewers...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 17, 2009


People with a Situational Value System
[NOTE: This post was updated December 2023 for freshness & accuracy.] Many years ago, while waiting for a show at a nice hotel in Dallas,...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 13, 2009


Workplace Incivility Hurts Employees & Businesses
Workplace incivility is defined as “the exchange of seemingly inconsequential inconsiderate words and deeds that violate conventional...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 11, 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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 9, 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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 7, 2009
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