Quotes About Collaboration

Si uno quiere tener más libertad, más margen en el trabajo, debe ser un empleado más responsable, más útil, más colaborador.

Make the human element as important as the financial or the technical element.

Of course, we do not live alone on islands, isolated from other people. We are born into families; we grow up in societies; we become students of schools, members of other organizations. Once into our professions, we find that our jobs require us to interact frequently and effectively with others. If we fail to learn and apply the principles of interpersonal effectiveness, we can expect our progress to slow or stop.

Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own effort. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success. If

to get things done. When fear replaces cooperation, both people involved become more illogical and defensive.

Many of the great things in the history of our civilization have been achieved by the independent will of a determined soul. But the greatest opportunities and boundless accomplishments of the Knowledge Worker Age are reserved for those who master the art of "we." True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly—with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.

interdependence.

Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality. Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won't be good leaders or team players.

effective interdependence can only be built on a foundation of true independence.

you simply can't think efficiency with people. You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.

When we really, deeply understand each other, we open the door to creative solutions and third alternatives. Our differences are no longer stumbling blocks to communication and progress. Instead, they become the stepping stones to synergy.

Valuing the differences is the essence of synergy—the mental, the emotional, the psychological differences between people. And the key to valuing those differences is to realize that all people see the world, not as it is, but as they are.

They move us progressively on a Maturity Continuum from dependence to independence to interdependence.

As I told the manager of the first hotel I visited, I know a lot of companies with impressive mission statements. But there is a real difference, all the difference in the world, in the effectiveness of a mission statement created by everyone involved in the organization and one written by a few top executives behind a mahogany wall.

In the long run, if it isn't a win for both of us, we both lose.

Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won't be good leaders or team players.

Think about a person who typically sees things differently than you do. Consider ways in which those differences might be used as stepping-stones to third alternative solutions. Perhaps you could seek out his or her views on a current project or problem, valuing the different views you are likely to hear.

In the long run, if it isn't a win for both of us, we both lose. That's why Win/Win is the only real alternative in interdependent realities.

agreed with Harry Truman. It's amazing what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit.

You can get anything you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar

A true leader has the courage to represent upper management, not run it down. A true leader says we. 6.

Good leaders continue to seek creative input from their direct reports. This practice is not only good for the business, it's also highly motivational for both parties to the conversation.

It's not what we call ourselves that matters, it's the attitude we bring and the skills we can contribute.

Don't compromise, when you can synergize.