It's hard to collaborate if you view your colleague as the competition. Even when leaders don't explicitly paint a win-lose game for their teams, the competitive mindset is the default for most high-achieving professionals. So you have to communicate that success in the team can be greater and more exciting when people work together. Emphasize the opportunity for all team members to value and learn from each other. And follow these tactics to help employees adopt a
teaming mindset:
- Model the behavior you’re hoping to inspire. Demonstrate curiosity and interest in the people you work with, ask them genuine questions, and respond thoughtfully to what you hear.
- Place a high value on and reward successful teaming more than individual performance.
- Frame the challenge ahead (the work, the initiative, the project) as something in need of diverse perspectives and skills.
Adapted from
“Get Rid of Unhealthy Competition on Your Team,” by Amy C. Edmondson.
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