by Steven Fulmer | Mar 8, 2024 | Articles
By this point in the year, if you’re like most people, the resolve you had for your resolutions in January has probably long since faded. To paraphrase Scottish poet Robert Burns, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” So, if you know me, you likely see...
by Steven Fulmer | Feb 29, 2024 | Articles
If you’ve read my last few posts about Andrew and the amazing opportunity some of us get to build a team from the ground up — the right way — you might be feeling inspired. You might also feel a bit deflated or discouraged because your situation is entirely different....
by Steven Fulmer | Feb 22, 2024 | Articles
In my last couple of posts, I’ve talked about a client of mine who had the extraordinary opportunity to rebuild an organization basically from the ground up — how he could prepare himself for the leadership responsibilities and opportunities ahead and how to set his...
by Steven Fulmer | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
In my last post, I shared a story about a client who was given the opportunity to make a career shift and take over his father-in-law’s property management business. We talked a lot about how he viewed this opportunity from his point of view — how I encouraged him to...
by Steven Fulmer | Feb 9, 2024 | Articles
One of my coaching clients (we’ll call him Andrew) is a CPA with a local firm. When his father-in-law recently retired, he passed the baton to Andrew to lead his property management company. To help with the shift in careers and teams, Andrew came to me for some...
by Steven Fulmer | Jan 26, 2024 | Articles
In my last blog post, I shared how expectations are the ultimate killer (and why the secret to a better life involves playing the long game). Here’s another potentially unpopular opinion: We create atrocities of expectations — unrealistic, undefined, unclear,...
by Steven Fulmer | Jan 17, 2024 | Articles
Expectations are the ultimate killer. And they get you in all different ways, especially when you set them yourself, and you don’t even know they’re the culprit. You could lose 45 pounds and still feel like you’ve failed yourself by not losing a full 50 pounds....
by Steven Fulmer | Jan 12, 2024 | Articles
If you’re one of the 34% of Americans who make a resolution or set a goal for the new year, and if you’re struggling to stick to what you set out to do on the first of the month, you’re not alone. An estimated 80% of people lose their resolve by mid-February. We...
by Steven Fulmer | Jan 5, 2024 | Articles
When I’m working with a dysfunctional organization, more often than not, the core issue has to do with multiple breakdowns in communication that derail teams, erode trust, and poison morale. To address the problem effectively, I help teams identify and examine the...
by Steven Fulmer | Dec 21, 2023 | Articles
This time of year can really be the pits. There’s so much pressure to look and act like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. So many of us overcompensate and experience a ton of unnecessary stress just trying to hold it together. Sure, plenty of us experience...
