by Steven Fulmer | Aug 5, 2025 | Articles
In my last post, The Silent Saboteur, I explored how unspoken expectations quietly undermine team performance and trust. But what happens when we do speak up — and things still don’t change? Sometimes, the problem isn’t that expectations are unspoken. It’s that...
by Steven Fulmer | Jul 30, 2025 | Articles
One thing I keep running into in conversations with leaders and teams is the massive impact of unspoken expectations. No matter how many times I’ve touched on this subject, it’s worth reiterating because it’s one of the biggest factors behind dysfunctional...
by Steven Fulmer | Jul 16, 2025 | Articles
Remember that old joke about the married couple? There one where, after years of marriage, the wife turns to her husband and asks why he never tells her he loves her. Shocked, he replies, “What do you mean? I told you I loved you the day we got married. I promise, if...
by Steven Fulmer | Jul 14, 2025 | Articles
Sometimes leadership feels like planting seeds you may never see grow. You show up. You hold the space. You ask the hard questions. You model the behavior you hope to see. And then… nothing. No big “aha” moment. No visible change. Just silence or slow movement. It’s...
by Steven Fulmer | Jul 11, 2025 | Articles
In a perfect world, we’d all get to hand-pick the people we work with. We’d build teams of people who think like us, work like us, communicate like us, and share our same work ethic and values. But in reality? Most of us find ourselves working alongside people we...
by Steven Fulmer | Jun 26, 2025 | Articles
In leadership, it’s tempting to frame everything through logic and facts, especially when tensions rise or conflict surfaces. We want to fix problems, move quickly, and get results. But here’s the truth: emotions aren’t the enemy of progress — avoidance is. I’ve...
