"We are not 100 percent happy with the energy sector, " said Michael Leibrandt, a year 2000 project team member at the Federal Ministry of Economics in Germany said of that nation's utilities industry.

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In an effort to show they are contributing, some new employees want to share every detail of every project with every member of the team.

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Ask a team member for their project ideas.

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Neither I nor any member of my team had any responsibility for the economic modelling for this project or for any Department for Transport project.

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