APEX Living Moment January 03 2018 – Prepared or Preparing?

Are you waiting for an event to happen someday or are you preparing to seize an opportunity, playing full out now? Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO Founder of Crayon Leadership, considers a few steps to lift you today and keep the freshness of the new year alive with you as you […]

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APEX Thinking – January 03 2018

People sometimes accept a condition to confine themselves within. They remain stagnant, for instance, in their attitudes, their thoughts, or their location. They become isolated and fear putting themselves at risk of trying something new or connecting in-person. They build a perspective that it is someone else’s fault that they are where they are. Have […]

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APEX Living Moment January 02 2018 – Are You Hungover?

What are you feeling today? Hung over? Excited to start the day with a newness? Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and CEO Founder of Crayon Leadership, shares what you can do to change up walk into your day. Today is a return to reality for many people. They left their work hat behind […]

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APEX Thinking – January 02 2018

What mindset do you have on this first day back into the regular business day of the new year. I remember early on my first days were getting back in the groove and feeling overwhelmed as my responsibilities turned to compiling the multitude of analyses for the end of the month, end of the quarter […]

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APEX Thinking – January 01 2018

Beyond the activities of the day, what are you feeling about your success this year? Every new year’s day, people feel a calmness about their lives; an almost separation from their woes to celebrate the start of a new year. This perceived sense carries into organizations as they start the new year too. In those […]

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APEX Thinking – December 29 2017

What is one component in why you miss hitting and surpassing the goal? People miss getting a clear vision of where they are going and what they hope to achieve. They also miss on the path seeing obstacles and responding to clear them before getting there. APEX living people, those who think and live higher […]

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APEX Thinking – December 26 2017

Have you seen a shift in a meeting when a person changes the directional tide of the team? It might be something said. It might be the way the words are spoken. It might be the air with which the person enters the room. Effective leaders have a presence that lifts the team’s confidence, which […]

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APEX Thinking – December 22 2017

People often want more from life. Much like a magnet, they expect more to come to them. They stay rooted in the past, holding onto whatever successes they may have found there. They stay identified with that moment. They are also critical of why they remain stuck. The key is that “more” awaits them and […]

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APEX Thinking – December 21 2017

What would you answer if someone asked “how many laws, acts, rules, guides, processes, and policies do you have to keep track of to do your job?” You might answer “way too much”. What prevents your team from rocking the day? Is it keeping acting in and tracking compliance to laws, acts, rules et al? […]

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APEX Thinking – December 19 2017

What is one thing holding you back from seeing a better day today? Might it be a shyness to ask a question? When people just go with the routine question and answer process, they feel at best an average experience. When you ask real probing questions of the experts, your experience goes up and you […]

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