They were accused by prosecutors of whisking the cleric to Egypt for interrogation as part of a CIA team working with Italian intelligence officials on a terrorism investigation.

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As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together for their patients.

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BCP's Mr Watson loves working as a member of a tight-knit team, but says "being on the phone for a long time doing something again and again can get mundane and a bit boring".

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Long-time organizational change consultant Pravir Malik has recently begun working on mindfulness in the workplace as a tool for individual, team, organizational, and ultimately, societal change.

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Working effectively as part of a team is incredibly important for output quality, morale, and retention.

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Pacing around a room, they will talk for hours about future technologies such as voice recognition (they call their team working on it the "wreck a nice beach" group, because that's what invariably appears on the screen when someone speaks the phrase "recognize speech" into the system), then wander onto topics ranging from quantum physics to genetic engineering.

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However, this is only ever likely to be effective if those involved feel psychologically safe, meaning they will not self-censor for fear of being seen as obstructive, negative, incompetent, not a team player, or for putting an otherwise amicable working relationship at risk.

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As I position my team for growth, I continue to weigh the perks and trade-offs of working in a foundry setting.

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