What kind of Manager are you?

In a recent talk to a business audience I asked the question "Put your hand up if you are competetive in nature".
How many people do you think did not put their hand up?
What would you have done?
The truth is we react to what Image others expect of us.
Not to seem competetive seems to many to be a sign of weakness.
A better question might have been "Who do you compete with?"
Compete with others and there will be times when you lose. Its Inevitable. No-one wins all the time and occasional failure is good for learning anyway.
Compete with yourself though and you win every time and you strengthen your personal character as a direct result.
We all have room to Improve and people are different.
Managers often set team mates against each other expecting this to draw out the best from everyone.
In truth the best Managers work with the Individual to get the best out of them personally.They then develop the best team players.
It creates 100% progress for all rather than satisfying the ego of the few.
Aim for a productive team...not a destructive one!