by Steven Fulmer | May 13, 2026 | Articles
When anger shows up in a leadership context — in a meeting, in a difficult conversation, in a team dynamic that’s slowly deteriorating — the instinct is almost always to treat it as the problem. Address the anger. Defuse it. Move past it. But anger is almost...
by Steven Fulmer | May 11, 2026 | Articles
Every boat needs someone watching for danger. Someone who scans the horizon, notices the weather changing, and spots the rocks before anyone else does. Someone whose entire job is to ask: what could go wrong here? That person is invaluable. But you don’t want...
by Steven Fulmer | May 6, 2026 | Articles
Most leaders think momentum is about speed. Keep things moving. Maintain urgency. Don’t let the energy drop. And in the short term, that approach can work. Things get done. Decisions get made. The team stays busy. But there’s a problem with confusing...
by Steven Fulmer | Apr 28, 2026 | Articles
Most change efforts don’t fail right away. They start strong. There’s energy, alignment, and a shared sense that something needs to improve. People are engaged. Leaders are paying attention. Progress feels visible. And then, slowly, something shifts. The urgency...
by Steven Fulmer | Apr 23, 2026 | Articles
Motivation gets a lot of attention in leadership conversations. How do we motivate teams? How do we keep people engaged? How do we sustain energy over time? Those are reasonable questions. But they’re often built on a flawed assumption: that motivation is something...
