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Rechannel competitive behavior

Rechannel competitive behavior

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Rechannel competitive behavior

- We all want highly talented and driven people on our team. Chances are though when you have that on your team, you're also see fierce competitive spirits. Now not all competition is bad. It can actually spur fellow team members to strive for their best. It's when that competition devolves into jealousy that it can be toxic. Now we can all remember a situation where this has happened at work or even in our families growing up. And if we're really being honest with ourselves, we've been on both sides of that jealousy coin. So as someone in a leadership role how can you manage that competitive spirit so that it unifies and motivates rather than splinters and devastates? As the executive director of the Coach Leadership and Ethics Center at Duke University Fuqua School of Business, I get the chance to work with a leader who is a master at this. Coach K works with and develops some of the greatest basketball players in the…

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