About Us

Stephen Julian is president of Julian Consulting, a firm specializing in team health.  Stephen has worked with teams for more than 20 years in a variety of settings – including Congo, Africa.

He earned a PhD in Communications from Northwestern University and has taught for a number of prestigious schools, including Northwestern University, The Ohio State University, and Notre Dame University, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Nyack College.  Stephen was selected more than once for inclusion in Who’s Who among America’s Teachers, placing him among less than 1% of America’s college professors honored in this way.

He is invited regularly to speak to groups about personal development and interpersonal relationships.  These groups range in size from a handful to more than 1,000.  He leads individuals and teams through self-assessment and team enhancement principles using tools such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.  Guiding organizations through a problem-solving process he emphasizes the need to address both behavioral systems and interpersonal relationships.

A passionate, gifted communicator, Stephen desires to free people to be themselves and to appreciate others so that healthy teams can emerge and be developed.  He believes in focusing on one’s strengths, addressing one’s debilitative weaknesses, and surrounding oneself with people having complementary strengths.

His passion for communication began early – spending what seemed like half of third grade in the hall for talking.  He was a successful debater and extemporaneous speaker, placing 2nd in the State of Ohio in Lincoln-Douglas debate during his senior year of high school.  Since that time he has learned to listen and to rely more on appealing to rational self-interest through an understanding of the personalities of others than on domination through logic.

Stephen is a lifelong learner who was told by his wife of more than 20 years that “your next degree will be with your next wife.”  Currently he is not enrolled in a degree program.