November is
National Novel Writing Month
(NaNoWriMo).
Writers challenge each other
to write 50,000 word novel in a month.
It is a fun competition
with great results.
Writers write more
BECAUSE they’re competing.
If competing pushes artists
to perform,
it can definitely push business teams
to perform.
Leading Blog discusses
Mark de Rond’s book
There Is an I in Team
“Without internal competition,
teams may underperform.
Too much harmony can hurt team performance.
“A healthy level of internal competition
can help get the best out of high performers.”
Citing Timothy Gallwey, De Rond explains,
“each player tries his hardest
to defeat the other,
yet not for the sake of beating another player,
but merely to overcome the obstacle
he now presents.””
Can you add a healthy competitive factor
to your workplace?