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What Is Healthy Competition?

Organizations have often made competition unhealthy. Whether it’s the sales competition where someone holds up a gold trophy after beating out every other salesperson in the organization or chopping the bottom 10% of your organization every year as Jack Welch did at GE, we tend to pit our best employees against each other.

 

Is that really healthy competition? 

No, it breeds a lot of animosity, frustration, and anger. Salespeople brew and stew. They voice their displeasure over having to compete against their teammates. 

That’s not healthy.

So, what is healthy competition? How can you encourage your team members (and yourself) to seek out healthy competition? 

Well…

What Is Healthy Competition?

Healthy competition means looking at yourself. Take a good look at who you are and who you want to be, and find a way to get there. I’ve got three steps you can take to gain healthy competition.   Read more...

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Coach K’s Two Ways To Build Trust

Coach Mike Krzyzewski was the American basketball coach for Duke University from 1980 to 2022. His time as a coach led to many victories and awards. These include:

  • 5 national titles
  • 13 Final Fours
  • 15 ACC tournament championships
  • 13 ACC regular season titles
  • 1,202 victories

His record says a lot about what he accomplished and did with the young men he coached over 40 years. In fact, he currently holds the distinction of being the all-time winningest coach in DI men’s basketball history. 

Wow!

To be honest, I’m not a huge basketball fan. I don’t watch it on TV unless I’m at a restaurant and a game is playing on their TV sets. It’s not something I enjoy.

However, learning about Coach K (how people refer to Mike Krzyzewski) has been eye-opening. His class Values-Driven Leadership on MasterClass is one I’d recommend leaders to watch and learn from.  Read more...

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5 Decision-Making Strategies All Leaders Should Use

While leadership is influence, there’s more to leadership than influencing others. One of the major aspects of leadership is decision-making. You have to be willing to make decisions and stick to your choices.

Sometimes, making those decisions can be challenging. There’s so much to consider, the possibilities are endless, and your decision could change the course of your organization, life, or the people you lead.

You have to make wise decisions. 

Multiple colored bow-ties on a rack. The stress of choosing!

Photo by Tim Johnson on Unsplash

It’s a good thing you’re reading this! We’re going to share about it. In this article, you’ll discover 5 decision-making strategies that will help you make the best decisions you can.

5 Decision-Making Strategies All Leaders Should Use

1. Rational decision making:

Rational decision-making is the strategy that uses analysis, data collection, and evaluation of alternatives. It’s looking at everything happening with objectivity.  Read more...