Quotes About Teamwork

And with his arm around the younger man's shoulders still, he led him away from the bow and back to the small group by the tiller. Halt glanced up as they approached, caught a look from Gilan and had a pretty good idea what they had been talking about. "Where have you two been?" he asked, his tone light. admiring the view," Gilan told him. "Thought you might need a hand from the two wisest heads on board.

Arm there," she said. "Other arm, idiot. Now hand there...okay, ready? We're going to start with your left foot. On three. One. Two... What the devil is he doing here?

Shall I call the others back in?" He nodded. "Why ask me? It's all of you who are making the decisions.

He looked up at Stig and Hal. 'Told you this one was a keeper.' Lydia flushed as the two boys smiled. 'Shut up. You make sure you do your stuff with those two overgrown dinner bowls you call shields.

What a brotherband!" he declared. "A thief, a touchy first mate, a shortsighted bear, a joker, two twins who can't tell each other apart, a bookworm and a skirl who doesn't know the right shape for a ship's sail." He beamed at all of them, then added, "I can't think of better qualities in a wolfship's crew.

true authority came from sharing the hard work, not attempting to place oneself above it.

Hope we didn't break it," Edvin muttered. Hal shrugged. "It's not our bridge.

Halt nodded at him gratefully. "Exactly. We need to elelct a leader - and give him the power to make decisions and the authority to have those decisions obeyed and carried through. Otherwise we're like a band of headless chickens." "But dangerous chickens nonetheless," Leander said with a faint smile.

Halt nodded at him gratefully. "Exactly. We need to elect a leader - and give him the power to make decisions and the authority to have those decisions obeyed and carried through. Otherwise we're like a band of headless chickens." "But dangerous chickens nonetheless," Leander said with a faint smile.

That'll make Edvin happy. He's always keen to replenish our stocks of fresh meat whenever he can." "It'll make Ingvar happy too," Stig put in. "He's always keen to eat it.

I'll think of a way round this on the way back." "I'd appreciate that," Jesper said. Stig hid a grin. Jesper, a non-swimmer, was being asked to float into the beach, holding on to a log, make his way to the gate, avoiding being seen by any sentries patrolling the palisade, hang a bladder of oil on it, then drift out to sea again on the vague assurance that Stig and the other Herons would be able to find them. Welcome to Hal's world, he thought.

Let go the ropes! Down sail! Do it! Do it! Do it!" There was no real need for those final instructions. The other boys were every bit as tense as he was. But he couldn't restrain himself.

Ranger carries the lives of two dozen men with him

Too many of them see it as an "us and them" situation, Crowley had said when he briefed Will for the posting. After all, it is part of our task to keep tabs on them, to assess their battle readiness and their level of skill and training. Some Barons and Battlemasters don't like that. They like to believe they're running their own race and they don't care to have Rangers watching over their shoulders.

A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

T'inquiète pas, chef. Ces Tualaghi, on les a cernés... De l'intérieur.

he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

su Gianni Rivera) Ma se non si correva per Gianni, per chi valeva la pena farlo?

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

Remember that it is far better to follow well than to lead indifferently.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

A Good Group A good group is better than a spectacular group. When leaders become superstars, the teacher outshines the teaching. Very few superstars are down-to-earth. Fame breeds fame, and before long they get carried away with themselves. Then they fly off center and crash. The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor. The leader does not take all the credit for what happens and has no need for fame. A moderate ego demonstrates wisdom.

Two heads are better than one.

As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.