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How Having a Rival Improves Performance

HBR IdeaCast
HBR IdeaCast
Episode • May 14, 2019 • 25m
Adam Grant, organizational psychologist at The Wharton School, argues that individuals and companies alike can benefit from having rivals. He has studied sports and business rivalries and believes they often add up to more than just zero-sum competition. Grant explains how we can perform and even feel better by taking the risk of treating our rivals more like competitive friends.

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