Squabbling at work worries leader’s confidant

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am in the onboarding process for a new project, and one of the principals is worrying me.

There is a lot of tension in leadership. I have the ear of one of the leaders, and right now all I'm hearing is moaning and groaning about internal feuding. It's making me worry that the work cannot get done due to the bickering. I want to be a confidant to this woman, my contact, but I'm tir…