Why Competitive Workplaces May Be Hurting Your Productivity, According to Stanford

When employees aren’t pitted against each other, they’re more willing to take risks and do better work.

BY KIT EATON @KITEATON

The hard-ass boss who pressures staff, impossible working hours, colleagues desperately trying to out-compete each other, angry voices across the watercooler… all well-known, if tiresome, “office” tropes from TV and Hollywood. The thing is, some managers love to follow this leadership mode in real life, convinced it gets results (and that’s the only thing that matters: results!). New research from Stanford, however, suggests that creating a cooperative office environment........

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