Are your best people quietly checking out while meetings become blame games and projects stall? That’s the cost of "go-getter" leadership — short-term wins that leave engagement, creativity, retention, and mental bandwidth in tatters. In this article I’ll show you a counterintuitive but repeatable shift — moving from taking to giving — that teams report increases engagement by up to 30%, cuts workplace conflict by 25%, and immediately frees creativity. Read on for the exact mindset change and three practical moves you can make this week to stop the bleed and build a resilient, high-performing team.