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Don't Be Petty and Don't Delight in Other's Misery
Petty is an interesting word. The Collins Online Dictionary defines it as: mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things a petty person...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jul 4, 2023
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How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops
Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 2, 2022
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Book Review — Promotions Are So Yesterday by Julie Winkle Giulioni
“The time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, or title changes is dead.” -Julie Winkle...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 13, 2022
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Exploring Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and The MBSR Online Course
To ensure that I don’t overwhelm the reader, I have divided the article into SECTIONS: In SECTION 1, I’ll talk about the concept, origin,...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 8, 2022
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Book Review – LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders (2nd ed.)
“Leadership is a future-oriented ability to establish direction, align people, and help others to work together. We believe a leader is...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 1, 2021
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How to be a Good Internal Consultant
As an internal consultant and a member of an internal consulting team (although “internal consultant” or “internal consulting” is not in...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Oct 11, 2021
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Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The
“What we have found, again and again, is that people tend to underperform because they do what is comfortable, what is familiar, or what...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Aug 18, 2021
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Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Unc
According to Adrian Gostick, one of the main reasons for writing the book had to do with his (now) 25-year-old son, Anthony (Tony)...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jun 1, 2021
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What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere
What Is Burnout? Burnout isn’t just being tired or “fed up” with work. “Burnout is far more than feeling blue or having a bad day. It is...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
May 17, 2021
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How to Give Direct and Clear Feedback
From front-line leaders all the way up to C-suite leaders, I have seen, time and time again, how managers have made a mess in delivering...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 22, 2021
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Can video conferencing apps mimic or replace human-to-human connection?
I was contacted by a journalist writing a story about workplace communication, why human beings need human-to-human connection in the...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Nov 5, 2020
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To Engage and Retain Employees Provide a “Mini” Job Rotation During Employee Orientation
Have you noticed that, in many companies, employees often have no clue what many of the other employees in other functions do to support...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Aug 3, 2020
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What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training
I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jul 1, 2020
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3 Reasons Physical Offices & Face-to-Face Meetings Are Not Going Away
The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
May 11, 2020
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How to Work Remotely During COVID-19 and Maintain Your Emotional Health
I have been asked about tips and strategies to help individuals be effective in working remotely during this COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Apr 1, 2020
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Book Review: The Self-Evolved Leader
“The Self-Evolved Leader was written to take you on a journey, from making the critical shift in perspective needed to break the cycle of...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Feb 3, 2020
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Steve Jobs Had Moderately Low Emotional Intelligence
I thought this might be an interesting case study. I’ve come across many articles where writers (both lay and scholars) have stated that...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Jan 6, 2020
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People with Secure High Self-Esteem Don’t Need or Seek External Validation
The older I get, the more reflective and observant I become. It might be because I’m older and a bit wiser, but I think it’s more about...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Dec 25, 2019
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Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone
[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Nov 1, 2019
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Book Review – Compass: Your Guide For Leadership Development And Coaching
[From CCL’s description of the book]:An essential book on leadership development and coaching, Compass is the go-to reference to help...
Steve Nguyen, PhD
Sep 9, 2019
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