Key points

Business is a team sport and you can’t win if the business fails.

The pursuit of parochial interests creates hidden friction, and hurts both the company and the individual.

When leaders consistently put the company's needs above their own interests, they gain presence and influence.

Can you put your personal agenda aside for the sake of others?

While pursuing parochial interests are part of the human condition, it has a negative impact on others. Certainly, all leaders have the responsibility to set direction in “their” part of the company and its operations.

But problems arise when priorities are not mutually shared by every member of the leadership team.

As a way to combat this reality, I counsel my executive clients to renew their own leadership commitment to the g

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