What Happens When Your Comfort Zone Disappears with Mark Berridge

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Things go wrong, plans don’t work out, you don’t get the opportunity you were seeking. But what if the rug is literally pulled out from underneath you. It’s not a set-back it’s a major catastrophe. Your comfort zone is gone! And your usual tactics to “bounce back” don’t apply. Now what? If you want inspiration and a framework, listen to this conversation. 

Mark Berridge spent 25 years as a corporate leader across Asia-Pacific. He served as Chief Negotiator for Rio Tinto’s iron ore business, where he was custodian of more than $20 billion in annual revenue. He led major teams in high-pressure environments from Singapore to Brisbane — the kind of roles where getting it wrong moves balance sheets.

Then a serious accident changed everything. What came out of that experience is not a motivational story about overcoming adversity. It is a leadership framework — FEET: Focus, Explore, Engage, Trust — that organisations now use to build change readiness, team trust, and the kind of practical hope that holds when things fall apart.

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💡 About the show:
There is no growth in comfort and no comfort in growth. Business today typically values and promotes leaders for their subject expertise. Leaders who have command of the details and execute based on knowledge and experience are highly respected. However, to grow as a leader you have to get out of your comfort zone – that means learning to lead without just being the expert. Learn to gain the trust and respect of a team that might know more than you do. Get comfortable with ambiguity and with not having all the information. Develop the skills and confidence to lead in a different way.

For female leaders, subject expertise is usually the source of their confidence. Learning to lead outside your comfort zone is one step for breaking through the glass ceiling. The show’s purpose is to give you tips on how can you develop the capability to lead – to get out of your comfort zone.

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