Mar 17, 2023
As an entrepreneur, one of the skillsets you will develop for
leading your team is to create cooperation over competition. While
some healthy competition among team members can be beneficial,
competition that becomes systemic can lead to destructive forces
such as politics, silos, and turf wars. Instead, entrepreneurs
should create opportunities for cooperation with their team to
create a strong culture.
In the companies I ran in my twenties, cooperation was nonexistent
and competition was rampant. At the time, I thought that dealing
with infighting, lack of clarity, and conflict was just part of
being a CEO. I learned an important lesson that lack of clarity
creates competition, and clarity is the key to creating cooperation
on a team.
In this podcast episode, you will learn the three areas that I
focus on in order to create a performance culture within a team:
clear outcomes, radical responsibility, and constant communication.
By establishing clear outcomes, assigning radical responsibility to
team members, and fostering open communication, a team can create a
culture of cooperation and achieve greater success.