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Teamwork

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Teamwork can also lead to [blank] , a common cause of poor sales. In the case of a smartphone that a certain company [blank] , one director wanted to target the business market, and another demanded it was [blank] at consumers. The company wanted both directors to be [blank] , so it gave the product a consumer-friendly name, but marketed it to companies. The result was that it met the needs of neither group. It would have been better to let one director or the other have his way, not both. Now [blank] , or hard work. It's easy to [blank] people who say they work hard.

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Teamwork can also lead to inconsistency , a common cause of poor sales. In the case of a smartphone that a certain company launched , one director wanted to target the business market, and another demanded it was aimed at consumers. The company wanted both directors to be involved , so it gave the product a consumer-friendly name, but marketed it to companies. The result was that it met the needs of neither group. It would have been better to let one director or the other have his way, not both. Now industriousness , or hard work. It's easy to mock people who say they work hard.
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