Tom Staskiewicz is a multi-talented entrepreneur that brings a host of skills and abilities wherever he goes. Tom goes out of his way to make people feel comfortable and to put them at ease. His easy going style has enabled him to work with many companies and employees at all levels.
Tom loves to teach and empower individuals to move to their next level. He wants to see everyone take their UPPROACH to reach their full potential and develop into the marvelous being intended.
Tom has launched several businesses and his latest venture is UPPROACH which is designed to work with individuals and organizations to develop the skills and abilities they possess to move them to the next level. Marshall Goldsmith says it best in his book entitled "What Got You Here, Won't Get You There". The premise being that people need to be continually developing if they want to keep advancing their careers. Today we cannot sit back and rest on our laurels or the world WILL pass us by.
One of the qualities ingrained in Tom while with IBM was the concept of "THINKing". THINKing is a lost art to many people; instead of THINKing, they have thoughts that just randomly pass through their heads. This will not get you anywhere and Tom works with individuals and organizations to develop their critical THINKing processes. You can read more about this in Tom's ezinearticle "Do You Think Or Do You Just Have Thoughts?"
It is this quality that has served Tom well over his career. He has a track record of successes and he is always looking for the next opportunity to make an individual or an organization successful.
Throughout his career Tom has been recognized as an over-achiever. Whether it was while in the Air Force where he was recognized repeatedly at the Base, the Strategic Air Command, and Headquarters Air Force; at IBM where he was recognized as the Lansing Branch and Great Lakes Region "Rookie of the Year" and twice selected to the prestigious IBM Achievement Conference; or by Novell when he was selected as an "Outstanding Educator of the Year". Success has followed Tom.