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Why Leadership Is Important and Why People Want to Be Followers
[Note: This post was updated July 2022 for freshness & clarity.] I believe leadership is important because, if we examine history, no...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Sep 10, 2013


Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s Identity Crisis and How to Fix It
[NOTE: This post was updated February 2022 for freshness & clarity.] Recently, I’ve been struck by how stuck people and even...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jul 3, 2013


Leadership and Management: Are They Different?
[Note: This post was updated March 2021 for freshness & clarity.] Northouse (2013) wrote that leadership and management are similar in...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 19, 2013


Locus of Control: Stop Making Excuses and Start Taking Responsibility
[NOTE: This post was updated June 2020 for freshness & accuracy] In my former career as a mental health counselor, I encountered many...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 5, 2013


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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 3, 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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jan 14, 2011


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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Nov 26, 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...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Oct 29, 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


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
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