Having dinner last night with some friends, we found ourselves talking about some issues one of my friends is having with 'office politics.' It seems that one of his colleagues has complained to the manager that he does more work than my friend does. They are all part of the Human Resources "Team," and although they are called a team and are supposed to be united and working together, it really is more of a competition between them. They find themselves vying for attention from their manager, competing and complaining against one another to stand out from the crowd, and even undermining each other's efforts. When we think of a team, we think of a body of individuals working together as one unit. We can read many quotes about the value...