Undercutting morale

Just because your team is loaded with MVPs [most valuable players] doesn’t make you the very best team [Reuters aims to become best in the world - Stephen Adler]. You don’t have to look much further than the Bronx, where a baseball team is stacked with future Hall of Famers at a team salary of $200 million. Certainly, that team is the best on paper, but not always in performance. Stephen Adler would do much better if he understood that the team concept with a very solid mix of in-house players would likely enable him to reach his goal much faster than some of his recently acquired Pulitzer Prize winners. In one short stroke, Adler has done much to undercut the morale of a dedicated staff, who has long worked to make the organization one of the most respected in the world. ■