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S-T-R-E-T-C-H your comfort zone

It is very easy to fall into a pattern of treating every person and situation similarly based on our own set of strengths. Because our strengths serve us well so often, we undertake the next ‘thing’ with the same approach. Sometimes this works fabulously, sometime it falls short.

Are you self-aware enough to fairly evaluate the times your strengths fell short?

The willingness to allow your positions and opinions to be challenged is a sign of strength, not weakness. People who are never willing to change their mind/position/skills ensure only one outcome – a lack of growth and development.

We once worked with a president of a healthcare company who exhorted his senior team to be “more comfortable being uncomfortable”. While this is not easy to hear and takes practice to master, he was on to an important insight. He understood that everyone -not just the senior leaders he was managing - needs to be willing to look inside, to learn who they are, so they can better manage [stretch] themselves.

www.imapMyTeam.com is a tool that will help you gain the self-awareness you need to move beyond the behaviors of your comfort zone. You will find helpful insights necessary to expand your existing comfort zone and discover new behaviors leading to a new zone of effectiveness.

When you learn to intentionally change your usual approach in the best interest of the team or the task at hand you’ll find your comfort zone expanding. You’ll also put yourself and your team one step closer to success.