RE: Employment question

["Michael L. Wyland" <michael -at- sumptionandwyland -dot- com>]

At 04:18 PM 6/26/2007, you wrote (in part):

>It's time to move on to more important things...

Al:

I agree, but since I've watched and not participated in this thread 
to date, I have one non-political observation to make.  Whether it 
qualifies as a more important thing is up to others...<g>

There is such a thing as a "toxic team."  Teams are as susceptible to 
becoming stale, self-referential, unproductive, and even 
counterproductive as individuals are.  Arguably, the most common 
danger long-standing teams risk is self-norming groupthink.

Irrespective of the issue of hiring the particular job candidate in 
question, the team -- and especially the team leader -- should take 
this incident as a fortuitous signal that the team needs to be 
re-formed and re-normed around work-related mission and objectives in 
order to promote the best personal and group outcomes.



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