Going Head to Head Not Accelerating Employees’ Career Growth
Overly competitive co-workers ruin esprit de corps, British group says.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Are Competing, Growing Mutually Exclusive? How important is competition in
developing excellent employees? And how much competition is counterproductive or
even harmful? According to Investors in People, a British consulting firm, 45
percent of employees say overly competitive employees sabotage team spirit.
Another 14 percent claim such behaviors breed mistrust in the workplace. About
one-quarter of workers find themselves directly competing with team members.
Only a fraction (about one-fifth) say competition aids career development,
mainly by inspiring them to work harder to keep pace with their peers. Men (46
percent) are more likely than women (36 percent) to view competition as a staple
of career growth, according to the research, which culled responses from nearly
2,000 workers.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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