{"id":336,"date":"2010-03-21T20:11:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T20:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2010-03-21T20:11:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T20:11:56","slug":"collaborating-check-your-winning-attitude-at-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/collaborating-check-your-winning-attitude-at-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborating? Check Your Winning Attitude at the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are few things we value more than <em>winning<\/em>.  From t-ball, to spelling bees, to the professional sports franchise we personally adopt, nothing matches the thrill of finishing on top.  It impacts self-image, the way we relate to those around us, and even commerce.  (Ask the folks in New Orleans about victory\u2019s impact on the economy and psyche of an entire region.)<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s tempting to go off on the relative value (or absence, thereof) of a distorted focus on winning when it comes to pre and elementary school ranks, that\u2019s a debate for another day.  For today, as calls for collaboration, compromise and new solutions echo from boardrooms, C-suites and strategy sessions, a compulsion to win may be one of the greatest barriers to progress.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the question: is collaboration possible when everyone at the table is driven to win?<\/p>\n<p>No matter the venue \u2013 political, personal or business &#8212; when winning is the measure of success, the interaction resembles more an effort to convert than a commitment to collaborate. When leadership is measured in terms of litmus tests, compromise is difficult.   And in the context of unwavering agendas, true compromise is impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Any of us hoping for compromise, not to mention sincerely wanting to collaborate &#8212; from political leader to C-Suite management \u2013 might do well to take a quick look at the definitions of <em>compromise<\/em> and <em>collaborate<\/em>.  <\/p>\n<p>And then check that drive to win at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are few things we value more than winning. From t-ball, to spelling bees, to the professional sports franchise we personally adopt, nothing matches the thrill of finishing on top. It impacts self-image, the way we relate to those around us, and even commerce. (Ask the folks in New Orleans about victory\u2019s impact on the &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/collaborating-check-your-winning-attitude-at-the-door\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,8],"tags":[190,191,189,192,188],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-ericfletcher","tag-collaborate","tag-collaboration","tag-compromise","tag-driven-to-win","tag-winning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}