Encourage Cooperation Over Competition

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How To Encourage Cooperation Over Competition

• Jody Urquhart
• All Work No Say

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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.

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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

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Are You Creating Unnecessary Competitionin Your
Workplace?
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Here Are Some Points

• Some competition is healthy, but in most
  organizations its not.
• When you have to get along and work together, the
  act
• of pitting people against one another is
  dangerous. When

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• 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.

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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.

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Why not encourage all departments to build a
spirit ofcooperation throughout the
organization?
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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

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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?

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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