Leaders: Do you have healthy competition?
There is nothing wrong with being competitive. There is nothing wrong with wanting to win. It’s how you go about it that makes competition healthy or not.
Healthy competition focuses on improving yourself and as Bill Walsh said, “Letting the score take care of itself.” Unhealthy competition focuses only on defeating others, and looks for methods to accomplish just that.
Healthy competition provides for positive outcomes beyond the short term success of winning any one game or medal in sports; and any one client or contract in business.
Here are the three different ways that healthy competition improves your chances for long term success:
