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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We treat others in the first 30 seconds or less to an assessment of what we see and hear. We instruct our subconscious minds with the results to bring up with each encounter with that person. Our mind can only handle positive or negative assessments. If you see a person uniquely amazing, each encounter will […]
Whatever the moment we find ourselves in that is out of the norm, we do something that threatens to send us down a path. We hunker down. We allow FEAR to exist, to control us. FEAR is part of the equation as much as LOVE is. There are 63 characters that keep us where we […]
Courage is defined as mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. We sometimes need to dig down deep. I know that you have it within you. The test is sometimes worse than the subject. It is within these tests that we find ourselves. It sounds easy like you can […]
We have seen people either take their eyes off the present or off the future. As a result they fail when one of those have a setback. Either the team or the company fails on its current goals and as a result its mission, or it fails in the future to take the steps necessary […]
When the distortions, the infighting, chaos, stuff hits the fan, happen at work, what returns the team to path ahead.Joe Dutkiewicz, founder and chief thought partner at Crayon Leadership, discusses how to take advantage of Thinking Blind to remove those distortions and forge forward. What do our teams do? When something happens what is the […]
Many obstacles may get in the way of the team reaching the performance they need to achieve the established goals to fulfill the business vision. Leaders think into the environment and become blind to the distortions of the egos in the room, biases aired, filters engaged to determine the path forward for the team to […]
We often feel our mind is overworked. “We just can’t think today…” or “Let me think…”, we tell ourselves. Usually it is because we are not relaxed and we are feeling stressed. What instructions are you giving your mind, your subconscious? Have you given it the right and best conditions to be ready to receive […]
What number of good thoughts each day are sabotaged by ourselves and others? We establish boundaries for conversations and problem solving that rarely surpass the norm. Our thinking remains somewhere between stage 2 and stage 3 groupthink as we look not to “rock the ship”. APEX thinking leaders involve the skeptics to make their good […]
When are your thoughts at their best? When you nurture them and foster their growth. Too often our thoughts fly away like dried up leaves in a wind current never really to be seen again. When we get the idea good for work or in your personal time, make sure to share it at the […]
There is a special word you need to have to have an awesome weekend and move up the stage building more effective relationships. You cannot lead others without this one word (ok, one phrase). Today, I will share that word phrase and a fun tool to use with others! You can’t reach your dreams without […]
