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The Cardiac Care Unit at Mercy Hospital is a well$-$oiled machine. Nurses, doctors, technicians, psychologists, and social workers all come together to provide patient care. They all share the goal of making patients healthy again and giving them long, healthy lives. All of these professionals have knowledge that they contribute, and they all assume leadership responsibilities when necessary.

Roberta is a chief software engineer at DataPro. She works with employees in San Jose, Berlin, Tel Aviv, and Dublin. The team meets for conference calls at $7$ a$.$m$.$ San Jose time, because it is late afternoon at that time for all of the other team members.

Once a month, Alain gets together with other stamp collectors from Eastern Tennessee. Each collector has his or her own special interest, and collections are built around those interests.