Quotes About Teamwork

It is I, and I stand with the girl, the Elemental and the partner of the skeleton detective, and although she is late she is here, which is the important thing, and we are moving on.

Valkyrie was thankful Fletcher was around. Finally, somebody who knew even less than she did.

I can get us past them," Sanguine said, "but I'd probably be better going alone." Donegan frowned. "That's uncharacteristically brave of you." "Not at all. Lugging you idiots around would slow me down and get me killed.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.

One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.

Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowleadge down in plans.

No individual has sufficient experience, education, native ability and knowledge to ensure the accumulation of a great fortune, without the cooperation of other people.

Successful knowledge transfer involves neither computers nor documents but rather interactions between people.

Those who act as if they know more than their boss seldom do.

The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Leaders are those who empower others.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Leadership is the self-confidence of working with people smarter than you.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.