We are meant for connecting with others. Our bodies are designed to create this bridge. What do you do with your eyes, ears, mouth, arms and legs to connect with others each day? Do you shy away like hiding from the coldness of Winter Storm Grayson, or do you reflect warmness toward total strangers and […]
We are meant to connect as humans with each other. What do you do during the day that exemplifies effective connection with others. Do others depart at the end of a conversation with you feeling lifted, feeling a certain warmness or knowing that you truly care about them? Successful people know that tension that might […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
