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Having trouble salving the drama in your healer crew?  Dealing with an overly aggressive member of DPS?  Banging your head against the desk because of an obstinate tank?

Did you think you left the stressful dynamics of team leadership at the office so you could come home and relax?

Surprise!  Welcome to Raid Leadership.

Many of us may not ever stop to consider that leading a Raid (ie: an ongoing team or community, not a pick-up event) can be just as difficult as any typical team leadership assignment in the real world.  Indeed, in an online entertainment based medium there can be any number of additional challenges not usually faced in a business leadership environment.  For the most part however, the interpersonal challenges universally faced by leaders across the spectrum of team endeavors exist in equal measure for those ill-fated souls foolish enough to try leading their gaming peers in slaying dargons, handling welps, and other various and sundry digital dungeon crawls.

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