Competition

Competition when healthy, while a great asset, may lead to stifling o growth when left unfettered. An example to explain this would be a study conducted by a big Airplane company where they were investigating ways to disembark all passengers in shortest time possible.  When at first all the passengers were instructed to disembark without any additional instruction, the disembarking process although a bit disorganized went OK, as all passengers were helping each other to work towards a team (virtual) mentality. The next time the passengers were said that the first 10 to disembark first would get an award. This ensured chaos that the whole process became a nightmare. This may be an example where too much personal incentives derails the team performance, and is a caution for managing paradigms based on 'STAR' mentality. Personal goal increases responsibility in people but there must be an equal emphasis on team goals as well.