We are meant to use trial and error to answer the big obstacles we face in life. Do you hesitate to put yourself at risk or are you open to learning by doing? No forward movement in your life can happen without digging for gold nuggets and understanding why it exists in that place. Then […]
The hardest barrier we have to leap is us. What I found is that we struggle personally and in the workplace with identifying what we want to be; what is our career going to look like. We tend not to look inside and find who we already are. There may be items to push away, […]
Are you experiencing “The Swarm”? It has begun in workplaces across the United States, if not elsewhere. The Swarm is much like a termite or ant colony. There are many levels of hierarchy from the top to the workers. Endless meetings, transactional tasks that bloom each day, little collaborative action, less transitioning the hive forward. […]
We no longer can afford to allow our imperfections to hold us up. We need to leverage our current level of imprecise imperfection, bring in others as the job is to big for one, and lead a collaboration revolution to success. An early step is to truly understand ourselves on who we are->get quiet, instruct […]
Start the wave of opening up your personal space to others. It might just be life changing. We dislike networking because we carry in who we are and not what we can become. Joe Dutkiewicz, founder and chief leadership thought partner of Crayon Leadership, shares an activity to bring more value to not only networking […]
We have a ring around us that has been called our personal space. Others might enter at great risk. Our body language may tell them to back away. We need to let them into our space if we are desiring to accomplish great things. Open up your space to fill the room. You might find […]
Joe Dutkiewicz, founder and chief leadership thought partner of Crayon Leadership discusses the forthcoming trend in the workplace and what it means to you. This first segment is an introduction into the symbolic philosophy of Ubuntu lived by African tribes that encapsulates what you are called and your team is called to live in the […]
We as a human have integrated this immediate tensing of our body when someone comes near us. Expand your space by visualizing something that makes you smile. You might just welcome a person who your key to get to the epic dream you have. Visit: http://freshstart1.eventbee.com to gain the inspiration you need to bring to […]
We see broken crayons in our life. We see and interact with them daily. Sometimes, we feel we have a broken crayon. What do we do to get past the broken crayon? What are the ways we can leverage this to go forward and be of more value to all. Listen in, like, comment and […]
Sometimes we are a full-sized brand new crayon; other times we might be feeling a little less, like our crayon tip is broken off. The crayon is still usable and valuable to the total picture. Teams sometimes are a box of broken crayons. We need to embrace each other and realize the value that we […]
APEX Living Moment June 01 2017 – What’s Your Ding? Joe Dutkiewicz, founder and chief leadership thought partner of Crayon Leadership, continues the series with step three on living at the APEX leveraging your uniqueness to establishing your mark in the world. In the words of Steve Jobs, Apple Company co-founder, who lived by thinking […]
When you look at your social and emotional strengths, what do you desire to do in your time on this rotating orb? Where is it that you want to make a difference. APEX leaders do sit around waiting for the right time or the right thing to make them go. Where, when, what, why and […]
Are you living with “The Myth”? Joe Dutkiewicz, founder and chief thought partner of Crayon Leadership, shares one main myth and actually a few other myths that are related. These are up-regulated with the latest from the WBECS conference this morning. I consider Judith Glaser to be an insightful person, both anthropologist and coach and […]
Quick to make an opinion. Quick to build barriers. Quick to protest. Quick to say someone is different. It may take a long time to do the things to make forward progress. Trust takes time to buy another’s product or service. Relationships take time. Achieving goals takes time. Where is the speed? We can change […]
Get the scoop on 1 in 400 Trillion. Your nose can identify one trillion different scents. The precious connection to the world, your smartphone, while deemed important is not very unique. There are millions and millions, and growing everyday. Those Teslas are not very unique and will be less so and production continues. You care […]
