Do you bring your filters foremost into mind when you meet another child or another adult? Do you treat everyone as they will be greater or do you classify them as something less. “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson Uplevel your mindset: http://bit.ly/1TUlGwd #crayonleadership #joedutkiewicz […]
Sometimes people wish to debate endlessly trying to win battles that have little merit. They look to gain a victory. Battle ferociously on matters fundamental to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. APEX Leaders protect others from attacks on these matters. “On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand […]
Continuing our series with the 3rd installment leveraging The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership from John C. Maxwell through the lens of being an APEX Leader. Today we look at how APEX Leaders use Process when they are bringing the others along to reach the top point and to look beyond. Joe Dutkiewicz, founder of […]
Joe Dutkiewicz, founder of Crayon Leadership, shares a Saturday Apex Thinking Moment discussing the top qualities of APEX leadership influence effectiveness. APEX thinking leaders know that great missions require strong influence. Where are you on our qualities of influence on a scale from 1 to 10. How do you intend to improve? Check out for […]
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 […]
Immediacy is often a notion in the mind. Sometimes we didn’t think into the true need and now we are at the closing moments attempting to obtain what we seek. Greatness takes time. However it must be something we do each day. Be true to growing today and every day. “…so remember: great achievements take […]
People are meant to think and solve by creating and building each day. We go astray when we spend time on fixing the old habit that doesn’t lead to higher levels or that needs constant maintenance. Are you creating today? “Building not repairing leads to APEX thinking.” ~ Joe Dutkiewicz Uplevel your mindset: http://bit.ly/1TUlGwd #crayonleadership […]
What truth do you speak? Do you deliver it with love for another? We as humans seek to complain. Where is the action to take finite steps to make a difference? Seek how to praise and raise people to the level they must critically be to agents of positive change. Join me and get off […]
Often people believe that multi-tasking is a heralded skill to have. Some job applications even have this idea set as a requirement. Each of us have to do a wide variety of tasks in a day. The empowered leader knows how to be focused to complete one task before turning to another and how to […]
