Quotes About Teamwork

For every awkward debate on a P2, there was often a private Skype chat where it was resolved. Matt set good examples for praising in public and critiquing in private.

Persuasion is stronger than dictation

Rarely did I think our work suffered because we were working remotely. But I did have times where I thought our work would be even better if we were in the same place and time more often.

If I started a rock band or a company, I'd want to share the same physical space often. The upsides outweigh the downsides. However, if the people I wanted to work with were only available remotely, I'm confident we could do great work from thousands of miles away.

One side effect of having teams is there will always be things that fall through the cracks. Teams create territories.

Look for smart ways around a problem or faster ways to resolve them. Make effective use of the people around you instead of assuming you have to do everything yourself.

It's a shockingly recent notion that work and play should be mutually exclusive things. We learn about ourselves and each other through play, which helps us work together.

Knowing how much friction is needed and when to apply it is the skill that successful leaders, from the coach of a competitive basketball team to the conductor of an orchestra, must master.

The absence of dedicated quality assurance people made every employee accountable for quality, which is rare if there are many QA people around.

It's easier to get feedback and make adjustments with how a team works if you're in the same room. Feedback is hard to come by in life at all.

Making everyone work in support forces everyone to take customers seriously, which we should since they pay our salaries.

Difficult times are learning opportunities. Make sure you and your team take the time to examine what happened and how it could have been avoided.

Oh my God!" exclaimed Jessie the turtle, who alone immediately saw what the good doctor would say next. "And I am sad to say, my friends," concluded Doc Hansom the goatfish, "if the caulking seal breaks before the professor returns, the aquarium will likely drain and we will all die.

diverse teams make better mousetraps.

Progress depends as much on our collective differences as it does on our individual IQ scores.

If these things are alchemical," said Sofia, "I'd better be the one to have a look at them." "If it could be dangerous, I'm going as well," said Lorenzo. "And me," said Conte "Great! We can all go! It'll be fun!" Locke waved his tied hands at the door. "But hurry it up, for fucks sake.

Painting, carving, rigging - you two will be rather busy.' 'Wow,' said Locke, 'that sounds like an absolutely grand way to spend the voyage.' It wasn't.

Just because we like to drink doesn't mean we want to run the tavern

This man is my boatswain.

Get the best people and train them well.

Ju smiled condescendingly. "I understand. I mean, I just got here. As long as we keep winning, the team will keep following your lead, right?

Groups with diverse backgrounds and skills are usually far superior to any single expert in evaluating solutions. Each person's strengths, weaknesses, and biases average out into opinions that are surprisingly accurate.

None of us is as smart as all of us." – KEN BLANCHARD

Look at this lot - how we all threw ourselves into a fight just for him. We're not soldiers. But we know that what we do when we're with him matters.