Contribution > Competition

• A good conversation is a joint effort, with each person building on the other, and this ‘construction’ of trust and cooperation does not have any space for competitiveness or one-upmanship.
• When we try to impress, disagree with, or argue with the other person with ...

Competition in the workplace can be very useful in different scenarios but it can often backfire and demoralize team morale in the long run.

Many competitive workplaces create an unhealthy environment where employees put self-interest above corporate and even customer interests. Instead of...

To ask, “What can I contribute?” is to look for the unused potential in the job. And what is considered excellent performance in a many positions is often but a pale shadow of the job’s full potential of contribution.

Every organization needs performance in three major areas: It ne...