by Steven Fulmer | Jul 15, 2021 | Articles
If you were asked how important your name is, what would you say? I mean, besides, “Huh? What the heck do you mean?” I mean: how important is your name? How important is it others get it right, pronounce it correctly? It’s more than a sound. More than a way to...
by Steven Fulmer | Jul 9, 2021 | Articles
Who are you influencing today? No one? I assure you that is most definitely not the case. Whether you are aware of it or not, whether you like it or not, everyone has influence. You are always exerting it, and it can be dangerous to pretend it’s not there. Not...
by Steven Fulmer | Jun 29, 2021 | Articles
Once I was working with a team, and the situation they kept facing was that one team member felt like they were being picked on. Now, according to most everyone else on the team, they weren’t being picked on at all. Rather, they actually had some performance issues,...
by Steven Fulmer | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles
When it comes to conflict, sometimes it isn’t the subject of the conversation that causes the rift: it’s the framework in which we discuss it. It’s the assumptions we make when we dive in. In my experience, the CVI can be a great way to understand...
by Steven Fulmer | Jun 11, 2021 | Articles
I had a client recently who was getting caught up in the idea of being a ‘great’ supervisor. She really wanted to be the best she could be — a very worthwhile endeavor! The tricky part comes, however, in how we measure ‘greatness.’ “So,” I asked her, “have you ever...
by Steven Fulmer | Jun 1, 2021 | Articles
Let me lay out a scenario that is, I’m willing to bet, all too familiar to anyone reading this. Your boss tells you to do something, but you don’t think it’s the right call. You know that your time would be better spent elsewhere, and yet if you say...
