We want to achieve our dreams or dreams others have right now. We tend to forget the messy part of doing the things we need to do. We think there isn’t enough time. If-only often enters our speech. APEX thinkers know that it takes time, it requires attention everyday, to roll up the sleeves and […]
What obstacles are you foreseeing that might prevent reaching your goal? APEX thinking leaders foresee the path ahead place markers for the team to avoid, and guide their team to safe passage through the open waters of their day. Work on your visioning skills! “Leaders navigate the way forward ensuring that the team avoids being […]
When you are leading yourself through the day, what is the channel you defined for you to operate within? What happens when you bump up against the walls. APEX level people hold themselves to the right standard to create and then live within the boundaries. Are you? Are the others in your unit living within […]
Where does compassion rank in your day? Have you stopped your work today to check in on another person to see where you may help them. APEX thinkers know that serving others’ needs each day is critical to life. Are you lending a hand first? “Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more […]
Do you have an addiction? The cell phone has become our greatest addiction and time waster. It also has led to division, out of balance life, loss of dreams and loss of social interaction with our tribes. Our youth, the leaders being called to pick up their role to serve the needs of others, have […]
Wherever you are in age, your daily agenda reflects where you are going in life. Waiting for your life to one day change? What’s changing in what you each day to get there? APEX thinking envisions the future and gets you walking to and through that future. “You will never change your life until you […]
What would you say about your life? Are you thinking you currently live the great life? APEX Thinking leaders know that the only zone is the breakthrough zone not the comfort zone to accomplishing their SPEED goals. “The biggest temptation I believe is to feel comfortable, to feel like you’ve worked through all of that […]
Do you bring your filters foremost into mind when you meet another child or another adult? Do you treat everyone as they will be greater or do you classify them as something less. “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson Uplevel your mindset: http://bit.ly/1TUlGwd #crayonleadership #joedutkiewicz […]
Sometimes people wish to debate endlessly trying to win battles that have little merit. They look to gain a victory. Battle ferociously on matters fundamental to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. APEX Leaders protect others from attacks on these matters. “On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand […]
Joe Dutkiewicz, founder of Crayon Leadership, shares a Friday Apex Thinking Moment defining our awareness level of our leadership influence effectiveness. APEX thinking leaders know that great missions require strong influence. The effectiveness of the organization is capped by the effectiveness of the people who make up the organization. We are leveraging John C. Maxwell’s […]
