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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Prelude
• Audience and Approach
• How The Book Is Organized
• Special Features
• Chapter 1 The Case Against Competition
• Competition Research
• Kohn’s Case Against Competition
• Competition’s Appeal
• Chapter 2 Naming the Imposter
• Decompetition
• The Power of Metaphors
• Why Metaphors Matter
• Competition and Cooperation
• Chapter 3 True Competition
• Motivation
• Goals
• Opponents
• Regulations
• Playing and Winning
• The Ideal Contest
• Field Notes
• Interlude
• Character and Desire
• Character and Will
• Character and Virtue
• Character and Competition
• Chapter 4 Motivation
• Two Types of Motivation
• Enjoyment
• Finding Enjoyment in True Competition
• The Threat of Rewards
• Importance of Democratic Leadership
• Chapter 5 Goals
• Two Views of Success
• Social Comparison
• Decompetition in D Minor
• The Ultimate Goal of True Competition
• Excellence
• The Threat of Insecurity
• Leading for Excellence
• Chapter 6 Opponents
• Structure of Competition
• Respect
• The Challenge of the Decompetitive Opponent
• Leadership for Cultivating Allies, not Adversaries
• Chapter 7 Regulation
• Rules and Regulations
• Officials
• The Role of Perceived Injustice
• Leading for Responsibility
• Chapter 8 Playing and Winning
• Playing to Win
• Values of the Game
• Winning and Losing
• Pressures and Loyalties
• Leaders as Culture Creators
• Chapter 9 The Ideal Contest
• The Art of Competition
• Threats to Balanced Competition
• Guiding Youth Into Competition
• Postlude
• References
• About the Authors