In sport competitive rivalry is a great aid to urging us on to bigger and better things but in business we don’t really have that.  We have rivalry on a company level but the notion of a company is often abstract and removed from our daily activities.

With tools such as LinkedIn now becoming popular though it is possible for you to identify your personal rival within these companies and compete against them, providing you with that spur, that incentive to push just a little bit harder, to try new things and to be bold in your pursuit of success.

Having that competitive urge is vital to ensure your company has momentum and the customer focus to achieve excellence.  So who is your business rival?