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 […]
Are your team members bringing forth the options to potentially solved the issue at hand, upleveling the discussion, deciding a course of action and passionate about bringing it into existence? Are they doing this without needing to check-in on each step? Are they walking you through it and influencing the outcome? Congratulations! “APEX thinking leaders […]
Are we taking the time to grow others? The greatest impact is by mentoring those who show they have a great work ethic and are motivated. They may not know where they are going. They are open to guidance. “APEX Leaders grow others who have the work ethic and motivation to be more. Leaders growing […]
Sometimes people have a hard time believing in themselves and what they yearn to be. This impacts others at work as the belief needed to be extended to others is missing. Sometimes you need to help another believe in themselves to uplevel that person to be their best. “APEX Leaders set the standard by believing […]
What are you invested in? APEX thinking leaders know that love is central to what they do daily without fail. It is the quality that leads people to a better tomorrow. “Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardships our lot in life.” ~ Gary Chapman Uplevel your mindset: http://bit.ly/1TUlGwd #crayonleadership #joedutkiewicz […]
When something is not quite expected, get what is immediately needed, pivot with a decision and then go with it. APEX Leaders know that to be effective the people working the process need to make decisions quickly, not looking over their shoulder waiting for the boss. “Be nimble. Empower quick decisions.” ~ Joe Dutkiewicz Uplevel […]
Are you ready to uplevel to reach that which you desire? What is important in your life? Could it be better? Probably, yes. There might be something you could be achieving quicker to reach your dream or a goal that is sitting on the shelf. What if a few minutes made a difference in your […]
Are you listening? It might be in the midst of surrendering your busyness to the silence. It might be in listening to what another is not saying verbally. Hear the silence! APEX Leaders are prepared to receive at any moment the word that will set the way forward. “Hear the voice that speaks to you. […]
It has been said that we are the average of your five closest people. Are you head of those five. Get in a position to be a student and grow to be greater. Why? There are others who need to learn from you. “Learn from those around you that can lead you to a greater […]
Are you using your influence to build relationships with others that have value? APEX Leaders know that others need to be developed. Experiences on how they were developed are useful to leverage to build others. “Use your experience to connect and build others. Like you need, so do they.” ~ Joe Dutkiewicz Uplevel your mindset: […]
