Thursday, July 2, 2009

Compete and coop

"We found that the poor performers were also getting the incentive payout because of the efforts of the good performers," Andreas revealed. "That's why we scrap the entire incentive scheme."

I have learned that there are 2 things that motivate people at work: competition and cooperation. Hence as a leader, I build cooperation among team members while adding competition for fun and challenge. Competition spurs action; cooperation cements the team spirit.

Camaraderie also signals success. There's competition in the way I structure things, but overall we cooperate. At the end of the game, everybody says we won.

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