Margaret Heffernan: Forget the superchicken pecking order

 https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work?language=en

Forget The Super Chickens

Organizations are often run according to "the superchicken model," where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others.

• And yet, this isn't what drives the most high-achieving teams.
• Business leader Margaret Heffernan observes that it is social cohesion — built every coffee break, every time one team member asks another for help — that leads over time to great results.
• It's a radical rethink of what drives us to do our best work, and what it means to be a leader.
• Because as Heffernan points out: "Companies don't have ideas. Only people do."

See Also

• TED Talk: Dare To Disagree, Openness Is The Begining
• A Culture of Helpfulness