Competition

Competition

I do not like competition. The reason is based on my religious believe. I am not talking about it here.

I am a management training coach/mentor for two bodies. One is a business entity. After a two days class room formal training, we organize the trainees into groups for further development. These groups would carry out certain themes like delegation, motivation etc. I will meet them every month to see how they progress. These teams (four to five teams in a batch). strife to be the best, with some competitive spirit. There are no reasons for competing. It is just the business setting and environment. The other body is an NGO. Similar procedures are set up for them. The themes are different. However, the outcome is totally different. These teams are more laid back, more relaxed and not putting performance ahead. They put mutual support ahead. At the end, I judged that the business groups learn more in a shorter time.
What would you prefer?