APEX Thinking – November 14 2017

When people scribble down the noise in their heads, they find things that should stay on the paper and not picked up again. To go further we need something for the journey. What are you carrying with you? Does it serve your next needs? If you want to get to your next job, what are […]

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APEX Living Moment November 13 2017 – Scribble Down

If you were to sit down with pen and paper, what would you scribble down? What might you scribble down about your personal life or even your work life? What would you release? Last week Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO Founder of Crayon Leadership, discussed five tools to build your career […]

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APEX Thinking – November 13 2017

A craftsman takes a choice piece of wood, sands off the rough surface and makes the grain shine through. We are our own craftsman, our own workman, to remove the rough surface of our mind and get it focused, unburden it from the elements, from our own thoughts that prevent our beauty to come forward. […]

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APEX Living Moment November 10 2017 – Tools 4-5 Influence Lifters

Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO Founder of Crayon Leadership, discusses the final two tools to build your influence from “The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power for Women Leaders” by Heath, Flynn, Holt, and Faison. Using these tools will aid you in piloting your career, driving your professional agenda, and […]

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APEX Living Moment November 09 2017 – Think Flex

This is a great tool to use at work or elsewhere that somebody says “I want you to lead ______________. I know you are ready for this step.” Don’t cave to fear and say, “I’m not worthy” or “The time isn’t right”. Get familiar with this tool. Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and […]

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APEX Thinking – November 09 2017

People often try to downplay their abilities in the name of being humble. What they are saying to themselves in the process is that they are not good enough. Your actions and habits will speak for you. When your boss comes to you and says, “I want you to lead ______”, what do you say? […]

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APEX Living Moment November 08 2017 – In Your Corner

In our personal lives, people, especially women, create relationships without relative ease. At work, relationship building sometimes takes a backseat in priorities for a number of reasons. Today, I share five strategies using an important technique to build your career and cultivate relationships that you need. You will understand who are the key people to […]

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APEX Living Moment November 07 2017 – Connect Superpower

Using this super-power at work will get you further than others in your career building or driving your professional items like projects and team building. This week Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO-Founder of Crayon Leadership, discusses takeaways on the Top 5 Tools from “The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power […]

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APEX Thinking – November 07 2017

Often times people think thoughts that never go anywhere. They never act on the thoughts. Soon they are onto the next thing and wonder where their day goes. Sometimes a thought is implemented without much focus to see it to the end. Instead the person finds the path overrun by water. Successful people build a […]

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APEX Living Moment November 06 2017 – Monday Launch

On this Monday, what will you seek to accomplish to further yourself in the workplace? Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO-Founder of Crayon Leadership, shares a few tips on what approach successful women have found to flourish in the workplace. Maybe it is your next promotion, whether woman or man, what are […]

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APEX Living Moment October 31 2017 – Observe the Broom

On this day when hundreds of thousands will knock on doors for the candy and other good treat experience, we can find that we get the trick in our lives. This treat last buts a few minutes. The trick we place on ourselves last longer. Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO Founder […]

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APEX Thinking – October 27 2017

What will you challenge today? Will you hide in the normal activities of the day? Challenge your beliefs and become unreasonable. Follow the reasonable rules will only get you to a predictable normal result. Products and services we have today because someone thought unreasonably; the person was bold and refused to accept a solution couldn’t […]

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APEX Thinking – October 10 2017

Are you busy going through your schedule during the day? What amount of time per day is assigned to reflecting and learning more about yourself? If you have time blocked out, how many times are you distracted when you do sit down? It is hard to be living in the moment and exploring what is […]

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APEX Thinking – October 05 2017

In today’s world we feel obligated to keep moving onto the next thing, never fully understanding what we have before us and learning the lessons it provides. The present sitting on your plate, the person across from you, the current mastermind thinking of the team in the room, the silence of the moment are like […]

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APEX Living Moment September 29 2017 – Question to Grow

What are you doing to get closer to this one reason within you today at work? Are you in an environment bringing you closer to this reason? Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and founder of Crayon Leadership, shares the question to ask and discusses within the where the answer will take you on […]

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