Quotes About Communication

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

When we're more interested in telling people what to do than in listening to what they are presently doing, we are off balance.

Since we tend to see ourselves primarily in light of our intentions, which are invisible to others," said philosopher J. G. Bennett, "while we see others mainly in the light of their actions, which are all that's visible to us, we have a situation in which misunderstanding and injustice are the order of the day." And

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

Most careers involve other people. You can have great academic intelligence and still lack social intelligence—the ability to be a good listener, to be sensitive toward others, to give and take criticism well.

What happens to a team when one or more of its members constantly play out of position? First, morale erodes because the team isn't playing up to its capability. Then people become resentful.

If you're going to connect, people need to know that you understand them.

A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

John W. Gardner observed, "If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.

Individuals score points, but teams win games. In The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, individuals will learn how to score more points so their teams will win more games.

If you want to get your message across, you have to learn how to communicate in someone else's world.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

If you want people to remember what you say, you need to say the right thing at the right moment in the right way!

Other times leaders have to hold their feelings in check. When I say that leaders should delay their emotions, I'm not suggesting that they deny them or bury them. The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others—not yourself—first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification.

Good leaders want the truth—even if it hurts.

Productive leaders communicate the superiority and the benefits of their ideas.

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

Los resultados hablan más alto, para nuestros jefes y para aquellos a quienes lideramos.

List the names of the members of your team. Next to each person's name, write a sentence or phrase that describes that person's perspective or outlook. The sentence must be positive, giving the person the benefit of the doubt for how he or she sees the world. If you're having difficulty describing someone's perspective, you need to get to know him or her better so that you can articulate the person's point of view.

Speak up TODAY and say something positive. Even a tombstone will say something good about people when they are dead.

As playwright George Bernard Shaw observed, "The greatest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.

PARA UNA PERSONA PROMEDIO, SER ESCUCHADO SE ACERCA MUCHO A SER AMADO, CASI NO ES POSIBLE DISTINGUIR UNA COSA DE LA OTRA». —DAVID AUGSBURGER

Para lograr algo grande de verdad, despójese de su ego, y prepárese a formar parte de un equipo.

Connecting has a lot to do with letting who you are influence everything you do."8