From inspiration to achievement: harnessing the power of self-oriented competition

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Inspiration drives achievement, but what truly sets top performers apart is their ability to compete with themselves. Instead of focusing on being better than others, they strive to surpass their own best. This self-oriented drive fuels goal-setting, resilience, and long-term success.

Join us on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET/ 11:00 AM CT / 9:00 AM PT to hear from BI WORLDWIDE’s William Johnson, Vice President of Sales and Channel, and Michigan State University’s Dr. Wyatt Schrock, Associate Professor, as they discuss the link between inspiration, goal-setting, and the science of self-oriented competition. You’ll learn how this powerful mindset shapes top achievers and how the right incentive structure can help organizations drive measurable performance.

Key takeaways:

Why inspired people are relentless goal-setters and achievers
The difference between self-oriented and other-oriented competitiveness
How self-competition fuels performance
How incentive structures harness self-oriented competition to maximize engagement and outcomes
Practical ways leaders can apply self-oriented competitive insights to hiring, motivating, and team success

Speakers

Dr. Wyatt Schrock

Associate Professor of Marketing
Michigan State University, Broad College of Business

Wyatt Schrock is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Marketing at West Virginia University. Dr. Schrock holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from Michigan State University. He also holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Miami and a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Schrock's research interests include salesperson motivation, sales manager leadership, and brand management. His research has been published in the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, Marketing Letters, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Service Research, Industrial Marketing Management, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, and the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He has presented his research at several academic conferences in the U.S. and abroad. He currently serves on the Editorial Review Boards at the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management and the Journal of Business Research. Dr. Schrock's research has twice received the annual James M. Comer Award for "Best Contribution to Selling and Sales Management Theory." He has also co-authored an academic textbook, Professional Selling (Sage 2023 / Chicago Business Press 2020).

Dr. Schrock also has ten years of corporate experience in a variety of sales, marketing, and analyst roles. He has worked for companies such as Procter & Gamble and Gannett. At Michigan State University, Dr. Schrock teaches Sales Management (Marketing 383) and has won numerous teaching awards. These awards include the John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Distinguished Teaching Award (an annual award at the Eli Broad College of Business for teaching excellence and innovation) and the Eli Broad College’s Faculty Appreciation Award (an annual award for the faculty member who made the most positive impact on the graduating senior class).

William Johnson

Vice President, Sales and Channel
BI WORLDWIDE

As Vice President of BI WORLDWIDE’s Sales & Channel Engagement Group, William Johnson’s primary focus is to develop sales and channel engagement strategies and solutions that change the behaviors of salespeople, distributors, dealers and channel sales representatives. An expert in sales incentive strategy, he educates sales professionals around the world on how to best engage their sales force through sales engagement strategies, solutions and best practices.