Is the culture of team building in corporate America causing unseen damage to corporate growth and efficiency? One of the greatest concepts in today's corporate America has been the emphasis on team building, but could it now be causing a rusting of the individual drive, effort and creativity that is also important to the free enterprise system?

As a consultant and corporate officer I've always been a proponent of the team concept. The value and contribution of a well-developed team is not at issue. What I've become concerned about what is, potentially, a mutation of the team culture.

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