How To Encourage Cooperation Over Competition Jody Urquhart All Work & No Say
Introduction When we hear the word “competition�, it brings the image of athletes or sportsmen determined to do their best to achieve the goal. The same competition is faced in your workplace as well. Sometimes achieving the goal and enjoying the life partially depends on working together and getting along with others.
Ideas of Development: • Develop a Spirit of Cooperation in Your Workplace • Determine If Yours Acknowledgment Program Is Causing Competition • Find Out If Favoritism Is Hurting Your Team • Ensure Jobs Are Designed for Function and Not Power
Are You Creating Unnecessary Competition in Your Workplace?
Here Are Some Points • Some competition is healthy, but in most organizations it’s not. • When you have to get along and work together, the act • of pitting people against one another is dangerous. When
• surpassing others is more important than doing a good job, • quality will suffer. If employees get wrapped up in competition, • they will lose focus. Imagine if you could channel that same • energy towards cooperating and meeting shared objectives.
Cooperation should be valued over competition because teams are far more powerful than individuals.
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Three Factors That Create Competition in Your Workplace 1. Your acknowledgment program. 2. Showing favoritism to certain employees. 3. Emphasizing imbalances in power.
Why not encourage all departments to build a spirit of cooperation throughout the organization?
Some Ways to Accomplish Interdepartmental Cooperation • Events • Cross-training in other departments • Interdepartmental visits • Cross-departmental recognition vehicles (i.e. vouchers that can be given to employees in other departments) • Newsletters highlighting the achievements of other departments • Have an employee give a speech in another department
ACTION PLAN 1. Develop elements in your rewards program that emphasize teamwork. 2. Eliminate rewards that cause competition. 3. Develop ways to emphasize group purpose. 4. Reassess your internal promotions system to eliminate favoritism. 5. For every job or role, ask, “Is this job designed for power or function?�
Conclusion A healthy competition and cooperation is helpful for developing vital life skills. It helps in working together, encourage one another and get along with each other for the success of the organization.
Thank You Jody Urquhart www.idoinspire.com