Living and Leading in the Perpetual Discomfort Zone…

I love this quote from Francisco D’Souza, CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions: In business, the comfort zone has never been a good place to be. Companies that get too comfortable risk becoming irrelevant, obsolete—and extinct. This is particularly true in today’s business world where the forces of globalization; new social, mobile, analytical and cloud technologies; and fast-changing…

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How Does a CEO Create Positive, Purposeful Discomfort?

In my last post, I talked about mindset, growing through discomfort and the effort effect. Leadership is about influence. Leadership is about growing others. How do you do that? Make sure you focus on creating positive, useful discomfort for someone else. According to Bill Treasurer, author of Leaders Open Doors, “positive, purposeful discomfort” is about: Having your employees’ backs by walking with them. Temporary.…

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