"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

I have to say, at SHM specifically, I have not really run into any challenges with working in groups yet. However, in other situations such as school project groups or student organization groups I definitely have. Some issues I have encountered include people not doing equal portions of the work, arguments due to conflicted views on a project, people taking other people's ideas and trying to pass them as their own to superiors, and too many people trying to take charge, just to name a few. My ways of dealing with problems while working in a group obviously vary depending on the issue at hand. However, it typically comes down to some sort of compromise that cannot be opposed because it is fair and will benefit the whole group. For example, if two people are fighting over who is going to be repsonsible for leading a project, I might propose that they work together as a leadership team and focus on different aspects of a project based on their individual strengths. All in all, working in a group is definitely more challenging than working with one other person or by yourself, but that does not mean it is impossible because there is always a way to compromise.