COMFORT ZONE VS END ZONE LEADERSHIP - CEDRICK LAFLEUR

Introduction
Thesis: Comfort Zone is the place where you play the game, everyone is involved, yet there is no victory. 
End Zone is the place where the crowd cheers, morale is high & yes, there is victory.​

Show Objectives
In today’s show I plan to help you, as the business owner, better understand how to get your team from just playing the game(comfort zone) to getting some major wins(End Zone).  

We will discuss characteristics of comfort zone mindset vs endzone mindset and how these 2 mindsets can impact your team and performance.  


Key Issues 

1. The mindset of each employee, each manager and the leadership team is a direct correlation to the success and failure of the team. 
   
2. Mindset is EVERYTHING.
   

What You Need to Know
Characteristics of the Comfort Zone 

1. It is a place where most of the game is played.
   
2. It is a place where people easily lose interest.
   
3. It is a place where opposition is not as focused.
   
4. It is a place where mistakes are not as costly.
   
5. It is a place where no victory is achieved.​
   

Characteristics of the End Zone
These characteristics are just the opposite of the Comfort Zone. Let take a little review: 

1. It is a place where very little part of the game is played.
   
2. It is a place where people quickly gain interest.
   
3. It is a place where opposition is focused.
   
4. It is a place where mistakes are very costly.
   
5. It is a place where all victories are achieved. 
   

Potential Causes(reasons) for Living in the Comfort Zone: 

1. Lack of Hunger 
   
2. Unwillingness to Sacrifice
   
3. Lack of Confidence
   
4. Struggling with Personal Issues
   
5. Too much time spent on trivia 
   
6. Personal agenda above the Teams
   
7. Lack of creativity
   
8. Living off yesterday
   
9. An attitude problem
   
10. Busy doing busy work
    
11. Lack of proper focus
    
12. Unwillingness to change
    
13. Exhaustion – physical, emotional, spiritual tired.
    
14. Previous bad experience
    
15. Uncertain about how to get to the end zone 
    

Organizations with an “End Zone” mindset... (2 minute offense)

1. Have a definite goal 
   
2. Have a game plan 
   
3. Communicate-Communicate
   
4. Take a risk 
   
5. Value time
   
6. Concentrate on their strengths 
   
7. Move forward on character
   
8. Continually evaluate 
   
9. Make necessary changes
   
10. Score & celebrate 
    

AS AN ORGANIZATION ASK:

1. You need to be asking ourselves as a team, do we have definite goals?  Are we talking about them?  
   
2. Are we communicating appropriately about them?  
   
3. Are we willing to take a risk?  
   
4. Do we value the time that we have?  Are we making the best use of it?  Are we concentrating on our strengths?  
   
5. Are we moving forward with character?  
   
6. Are we continually evaluating and making the necessary changes?  
   

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Written by: Cedrick LaFleur, LaFleur Leadership Institute
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